-- Beliefnet.com Bible verses about capital punishment. death penalty Opponents Worst Nightmare But today, evangelical protestants, the most reliably prodeath penalty http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/81/story_8123_1.html&boardI
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Extractions: Capital punishment , also referred to as the death penalty , is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime , often called a capital offense or a capital crime . Some jurisdictions that practice capital punishment restrict its use to a small number of criminal offences, principally treason and murder . In recent years in the United States, these have also included killings that occur during the course of some other violent felony, such as robbery or rape . Prisoners who have been sentenced to death are usually kept segregated from other prisoners in a special part of the prison pending their execution. In some places this segregated area is known as " Death Row Historicallyand still today under certain systems of lawthe death penalty was applied to a wider range of offenses, including robbery or theft . It has also been frequently used by the military for looting insubordination mutiny , etc.
Extractions: This Article Full Text (PDF) Full Text (OnlineFirst[PDF]) ... Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Mona Lynch San Jose State University, USA Capital punishment plays a contradictory, emotional role in American social and political culture. In particular, the relationship between this punishment and variously situated social actors suggests a complexity to contemporary penality that is not fully addressed by macro-level examinations of state punishment. In this article, I explore one venue where this relationship is evident: among pro-death penalty communications on the Internet. I examine these messages in part because they seem to reveal, rather explicitly, the affective, symbolic nature of popular support for capital punishment in the USA. I suggest that the
Why I Was Right About Capital Punishment a procapital punishment stance if they had to vote on it immediately. The death penalty makes potential capital offenders think about whether http://home.echo-on.net/~smithda/whyiwasright.html
Extractions: Why I Was Right About Capital Punishment I couldn't resist. The Julius Caesar of this age, by the way, supports the return of the death penalty. He cannot understand why criminals and murderers, of no use to the state, are kept alive and happy - Paul Bernardo for example - all at taxpayers' expense. Traitors are given public money to further their causes. Julius asks: Would any of this be allowed in the Great Republic of the Roman Empire? Not likely. Capital Punishment deters murder, and is just retribution. Let us now focus on Canada. The last two people to be executed in Canada were Arthur Lucas and Ron Turpin. They were executed on December 11, 1962. These executions in Canada were carried out by hanging. The death penalty was abolished in Canada in 1976 after a debate that lasted 98 hours. The death penalty was only beaten by 6 votes. If we look back to 1976, the year the death penalty was abolished in Canada, threats of death were being made to Members of Parliament and their immediate families from pro death penalty advocates. Most members of parliament voted according to their own personal feelings, rather than the views of Canadians. The same was the case in British Colombia, where accepting the death penalty, if it was reinstated in 1987 by the federal government, was discussed. The MPs were split: 17 out of 29 were for the death penalty. This showed that even the majority of the MPs were in favour of the death penalty in B.C. Support for the death penalty in British Columbia at the time was almost 70%, but the MPs felt that it was up to them to vote according to what they felt was right, not to what a majority of Canadians wanted.
Stevens Sees 'serious Flaws' In Capital Punishment - The Boston Globe capital punishment sharply condemning the country s death penalty system . of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a prodeath penalty group. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/08/stevens_sees_se
Extractions: Today's Globe Opinion Magazine Education ... Washington August 8, 2005 CHICAGO Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens steered the debate over President Bush's nominee to a new subject capital punishment sharply condemning the country's death penalty system. The court has been closely divided in death row cases, with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often in the middle. President Bush's choice to replace her, John G. Roberts Jr., has a limited track record. Roberts, 50, showed little sympathy for prisoner appeals as a government lawyer in the Reagan administration, but later did free legal work for a death row inmate. In a February 1983 memo while serving in the Reagan White House, Roberts suggested that the high court could cut its caseload by ''abdicating the role of fourth or fifth guesser in death penalty cases." Stevens used a weekend speech to the American Bar Association to underscore the matter's prominence at the court, noting evidence of ''serious flaws." His remarks provide the first sign of internal dismay over the retirement of O'Connor, a 75-year-old pragmatist who has been a key voter in affirmative action, abortion rights, and the death penalty.
Capital Punishment about the death penalty, and various opinions on capital punishment. Focus on the death penalty offers links to resources from both pro and http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/libchoice/capitalpunishment.htm
Extractions: L ibrarian's Choice Capital Punishment When viewing or reading any of the information from these sites, please be aware there is a potential for biases, misinterpretations of the facts, or inappropriateness for younger viewers. Take the time to investigate who is putting out the information and double check statements against the facts. Almanac of Policy Issues: Death Penalty This site offers a concise look at the history of the death penalty in the United States. It includes links to news headlines, death penalty directories, anti and pro-death penalty views, and articles. The Death Penalty This site helps you explore the issues of capital punishment. It includes definitions of important terms, general resources about the death penalty, and various opinions on capital punishment. The Death Penalty Eight scholars from law, the social sciences and humanities discuss the debate on capital punishment as a matter of scholarship, public policy and classroom teaching. Death Penalty This site is set up to help teachers and students in an exploration of capital punishment. It presents arguments from both sides, and considers the ethics and justice issues involved.
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Extractions: The Death Penalty I f you've been following stories on DNA testing... ...you know that since 1989, 160 people have been released from prison... ...some awaiting execution on death row... ...because DNA testing has shown them to be innocent. L et me repeat that: One-hundred sixty people who have been sitting on death row awaiting execution... ...sometimes for decades of their life... ...were later shown to be innocent. To add insult to injury, out of the people released only 17 received any type of compensation from the states that convicted them. I t is estimated that more than 20 people have been executed over the years... ...who were later shown to be innocent. The actual number is undoubtedly higher... ...but we tend not to delve into these things after the fact. O ver the years about a dozen people have been exonerated days or even minutesyes, even minutes before they were scheduled to be executed when...
Extractions: safe political weapon In recent political campaigns, the death penalty has been used both as an issue to run on and a sword for slashing opponents. Because of DNA technology, that sword now swings both ways. Texas Gov. George W Bush, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, demonstrated that Thursday night when he stepped back from his pro-capital punishment stance and spared a convicted rapist and killer so that his guilt can be tested through DNA. "Any time DNA can be used in its context and be relevant as to the guilt or innocence of a person on death row, we need to use it," Bush said in explaining why he suspended the execution of Ricky McGinn. Bush's move, the first such reprieve he has granted after presiding over 131 executions, was viewed as a victory by capital punishment opponents. "if you acknowledge DNA can resolve doubts in some cases, that's an argument against (the) death (penalty) in all cases," said Richard Dieter, director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, an anti-capital punishment group. Bush aides downplayed that suggestion Thursday. They argued behind the scenes that his action, merely reflects the governor's decency and common sense.
Capital Punishment: Definition And Much More From Answers.com capital punishment n. The penalty of death for the commission of a crime. to show inconsistency in the views of pro capital punishment Christians. http://www.answers.com/topic/capital-punishment
Extractions: Encyclopedia capital punishment, imposition of a penalty of death by the state. History Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times; it can be found (c.1750 B.C. ) in the Code of Hammurabi. From the fall of Rome to the beginnings of the modern era, capital punishment was practiced throughout Western Europe. The modern movement for the abolition of capital punishment began in the 18th cent. with the writings of Montesquieu and Voltaire, as well as Cesare Beccaria 's Essay on Crimes and Punishments (1764). In Great Britain, Jeremy Bentham was influential in having the number of capital crimes reduced in the 18th and 19th cent. Some of the first countries to abolish capital punishment included Venezuela (1863), San Marino (1865), and Costa Rica (1877). Current International Practice As of 2004, 81 countries had entirely abolished the death penalty, including the members of the European Union. Some other countries retained capital punishment only for treason and war crimes, while in others, death remained a penalty at law, though in practice there had not been any executions for decades. Among countries that retained the death penalty for ordinary crimes were many in the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. The United States and China were believed to impose capital punishment most frequently.
Why Capital Punishment Is Pro-life The death penalty is certainly prolife to those would-be victims if a convictedkiller The death penalty is appropriate punishment for capital crimes, http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/meyer/040920
Extractions: The rational seems to be that certain death row inmates are often proven innocent by modern methods of evidence analysis, thus we ought to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, we extrapolate this fact into the assumption that there are likely a given percentage of people on death row who are truly innocent of the crime they were charged with. We see in the last part of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, that loss of life in criminal justice shall not occur without due process: "...nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." While we may be shocked at the number of people on death row who are potentially innocent, we should ask how statistics themselves show the death penalty itself is cruel and unusual punishment, or whether the problem is really inadequate due process. After all, if the death penalty is cruel or unusual punishment, as is sometime ruled by courts, you would have our founders abolishing in the 8th Amendment, what was established in the 5th. Not a very cogent exegesis of the Constitution, is it? We can hardly say current execution methods are cruel, either.
Echo Online Opinions Pro-death Penalty Argument Faulty prodeath penalty argument faulty. By Kurt Hunt / Staff Writer So what exactlyis wrong with capital punishment? The death penalty is racist. http://www.easternecho.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?3718
Guide To Texas Death Penalty Law an extensive list of links to both pro and anti-death penalty supporters Texas laws on capital punishment and the death penalty are covered in both http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/outlines/deathpenprint.html
Extractions: UT Law UT UT Libraries Home ... Publications Accessing information on criminal punishment, and more specifically the death penalty, is a common topic for students. This pathfinder is a resource for locating statistics and legal materials on the death penalty. INTRODUCTION Texas procedure generally In Texas, the district courts have original jurisdiction for all criminal felony cases. If an individual is convicted of a capital felony, he or she may be subject to punishment by death, if the State sought such punishment. A capital felony is one in which an individual "intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual," under special circumstances. In particular, the: murder of a public safety officer, firefighter, or correctional employee; murder during the commission of specified felonies (kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated rape, arson); murder for remuneration; multiple murders; murder during prison escape; murder of a correctional officer; murder by a state prison inmate who is serving a life sentence for any of five offenses; [or] murder of an individual under six years of age In Texas, a person must be of at least 17 years of age at the time of the crime to have the death penalty imposed upon him or her
NCADP National Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty Still, not even capital punishment s opponents in Japan question the basic in favor of the death penalty in the United States, the prodeath penalty http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/news.jsp?key=1122&t=
TalkLeft: Religious Opposition To The Death Penalty All people are prolife. I do not know one person who is pro-death or anti-life . In fact, the Hebrew Bible considers capital punishment so essential to http://talkleft.com/new_archives/009725.html
Extractions: Main Tuesday :: February 15, 2005 Religious Opposition to the Death Penalty I've often pointed out that if the radical right were less hypocritical about the "right to life", it would support ending the death penalty This op-ed on the death penalty has that perspective - it comes from the Monitor, which refers to itself as Uganda's "only independent voice." It's well worth the read, here are some snippets: II. .....Capital punishment is in the same category as abortion and euthanasia. They are a premeditated taking away of human life, and are, therefore, immoral. It is bad enough for society to lose one person, but worse to lose yet another, for whatever reason. The end does not justify the means. Whether the death penalty is legal is no reason for resorting to it or to upholding it. ,,,,The death penalty has an inherent weakness of injustice, since the weak and poor are more easily proven guilty than the rich and more powerful. That people continue to kill inspite of the application of capital punishment as a deterrent is an indicator that we are only tackling a problem at the level of symptoms than of the root-cause. Killing by the state sets a bad precedence and promotes mob justice. The modern state is better placed to curb crime than the old state. Putting aside the religious perspective for a moment, the author also makes this excellent point:
American Life League - Philosophy Regarding capital punishment While the poe demands that capital there canbe no equivalence between a prochoice and a pro-death penalty politician. http://www.all.org/about/policy3.htm
Extractions: PHILOSOPHY American Life League is a non-profit educational organization committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from fertilization to death. Five families founded ALL on April 1, 1979. Today, more than 300,000 families nationwide support ALL. It is the largest grass-roots, pro-life educational organization in the United States. The mission of American Life League is to serve God by helping to build a society that respects and protects innocent human life from fertilization to natural death, without compromise, without exception, without apology. It is the objective of American Life League to develop leadership in the areas of education, research and support in the pro-life movement intended explicitly to achieve an acceptance of total protection for all innocent human beings. Our primary focus is total opposition to abortion.
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Extractions: Recent Developments in Capital Punishment History of the Death Penalty in America Capital Punishment Links Links to all Bureau of Justice Statistics bulletins on capital punishment. Capital Punishment Statistics From the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Death Penalty Information A high school curriculum on the death penalty. Teacher Edition Good overview from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. History of the Death Penalty From PBS Frontline. History of the Death Penalty From the Death Penalty Information Center. Capital Punishment in the United States A history and many links. From Close Up Foundation. Reckoning the Death Penalty An ABC special report on how the death penalty is applied from state to state and country to country. A Brief History of Wisconsin's Death Penalty The history of the state that has been without the death penalty the longest. Law about the Death Penalty Legal information, including statutes and case law, about the death penalty.
