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Extractions: The decision incurred the ire of the three dissenting justices. Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, all known for their extreme-right views, denounced the Court's majority for caving in to international and domestic public opinion opposing execution of the mentally retarded. In his dissenting opinion, Scalia argued that such individuals should not escape execution because "deservedness of the most severe retribution [the death penalty], depends not merely (if at all) upon the mental capacity of the criminal ... but also upon the depravity of the crime." Scalia cited the New Testament to claim that government "derives its moral authority from God ... to execute wrath, including even wrath by the sword, which is unmistakably a reference to the death penalty." He then made the following remarkable declaration: "Indeed, it seems to me that the more Christian a country is, the less likely it is to regard the death penalty as immoral. Abolition has taken its firmest hold in post-Christian Europe and has least support in the church-going United States. I attribute that to the fact that for the believing Christian, death is no big deal."
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Extractions: Capital punishment , also referred to as the death penalty , is the judicially ordered (Putting a condemned person to death) execution of a prisoner as a (The act of punishing) punishment for a serious ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act) 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 (Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior) treason and (Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being) murder . Prisoners who have been sentenced to death are usually kept segregated from other prisoners in a special part of the (A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) prison pending their execution. In some places this segregated area is known as " (The cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution) Death Row (Larceny by threat of violence) robbery or (The act of taking something from someone unlawfully) theft . It has also been frequently used by the military for (Plundering during riots or in wartime) looting (An insubordinate act) insubordination (Open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)) mutiny , etc.
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Extractions: Introducing the Debate provides a number of resources which present both sides of the death penalty debate in the U.S. Views of law enforcement officers , as shown in a national poll of police executives and a resolution from a national police organization, are split on the death penalty. A selection of resources indicating positions on the death penalty from a religious perspective include links to biblical citations and statements of officials, organizations, and individual adherents of different religious traditions, including Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam. The debate on capital punishment embraces many more specific issues, such as cost, inequities in the justice system, etc.; resources giving arguments on specific points are included on the Specific Issues page.
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Extractions: Then recently Robertson, who heads the Christian Coalition, spoke out even more forcefully against capital punishment, to the surprise and delight of some death penalty opponents. During a program on clemency in New York in February, Robertson said that, while he still believed capital punishment should be used for unreformed "vicious killers," he favored allowances for mercy for those who have had "a genuine change of heart."
Extractions: CRUEL, BUT NOT UNUSUAL, JUDICIAL MISCHIEF Many Americans favor abolition of the death penalty: they offer four main reasons. First, they say it's unconstitutional . . . it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments." Second, it's been fairly well documented that courts make a lot of mistakes in capital punishment cases. Therefore, we shouldn't trust them with anything as final as a life or death decision. The third reason offered is based on the claim that capital punishment does not deter crime. So its use is nothing more than collective vengeance which degrades us all. Finally, many sincere and idealistic people oppose capital punishment because it violates their religious beliefs. The first argument is based on "law," the second and third on "social science." The fourth is based on religion. Let's review the four arguments one at a time. IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL In 1791, when "We the People" ratified the Eighth Amendment, which forbids "cruel and unusual punishments," we also ratified the Fifth Amendment, which ordered that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The Amendment treated "life" exactly the same way it treated "liberty" and "property," In 1791, every single state had mandatory death penalty statutes. All except Rhode Island punished ten or more crimes with death: the list typically included murder, treason, piracy, rape, arson, buggery (or sodomy), burglary, robbery, and, in some states, counterfeiting, horse-theft and slave-rebellion [1].
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Extractions: Home Browse Recipes Recipes By Title Recipes By Ingredient ... Community Find Recipes By Category Latest Reviews Latest Ratings Top 10 Recipes ... Top 10 Searches By Letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Encylopedia Browse Culture Geography History Life ... Technology Categories Death penalty 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.
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Extractions: shared from and with BibleTexts.com users Larry King Live discussion by Robert Nguyen Cramer (version 4.10.1.2) This BibleTexts website administrator has very much enjoyed questions and insights that have been emailed to him ever since this site was launched in September of 1996. On this page I share with BibleTexts browsers a few of the questions, insights, and responses, so that we all can further learn from and with each other. BibleTexts.com to Larry King of Larry King Live Abbreviations Dear Larry: In your September 29, 2004, Larry King Live program, The Rev. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. stated: I do support Capital Punishment, because the scripture is so clear about it. Now, I want it applied in a fair and just way. But there's no doubt "The Bible" in the Old and New Testaments, not only allows but mandates capital punishment, because it affirms the fact that the willful taking of human life is the violation of God's law, God's plan, and is to murder one who is made in the image of God. Mohler's statement was both textually and historically incomplete and incorrect. Viewers should not be left with such religious misinformation that is all too prevalent about Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and most other religions.
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Extractions: comment on this article Lives in the Balance Gary Ridgway has admitted to 48 murders in the state of Washington, more than any other serial killer in US history. In his guilty plea, Ridgway told the court that he wanted "to kill as many women as I thought were prostitutes as I possibly could." He said he left their bodies in "clusters" and that he enjoyed driving by the sites afterward. It is hard to imagine a more heinous series of crimes, and yet the former truck driver will escape execution. A plea agreement reached in November in which Ridgway agreed to help prosecutors recover the still-missing remains of some victims, sets his sentence as life in prison. Ridgway's adjudication cast a shadow on the death penalty, raising questions about the fairness of its application. After all, if a man who has admitted to more murders than any other serial killer in history is not deserving of death, then who is? That's just one of the questions that Scott Turow's powerful new book
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Extractions: Contact Subscribe Features ... Search Eugene Volokh August 3, 2005 at 1:47pm 2 Trackbacks Possibly More Trackbacks Justices and Religion: Professor Bainbridge has a thoughtful post on Justices' religious faith and their legal decisions. link frankcross ( mail www Very good job. That's the first really good analysis of the "elephant in the room" excommunication argument that I've seen. Though I don't think Bainbridge's conclusion about legitimate questions follows from his analysis. It seems fair to get his understanding of the sorts of actions that might constitute impermissible "formal cooperation." link david giacalone ( www I've posted a lenghty reply to Prof. B's piece, which focused on my original post " What If John Roberts is a 'Serious' Catholic? I can't endorse Prof. Bainbridge's questions for Senators to ask Judge Roberts. They are incomplete, focusing on whether "formal cooperation with evil" would require recusal, but without giving or asking for a definition of the terms; asking how Judge Roberts would decide what constitutes absolute or intrinsic "evil", nor asking what Roberts thinks his obligations would be as a Catholic if recusal were not required in a case involving such evil. I believe a "serious Catholic" would feel obligated to actively oppose laws and decisions that his Church declares to be "intrinsically unjust." Sitting on the Supreme court would increase the duty. That would mean participating in the case and voting in a manner that would support eliminating or greatly limiting such evil. So, I ask again,"is John Roberts a Serious Catholic," and what are the ramifications if he is?
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Extractions: Recent rulings by the US Supreme Court on the death penalty have focused attention on the high court's attitude toward capital punishment-a practice still upheld by 38 US states. In a 6-3 decision June 20, the Court ruled that executing the mentally retarded is a violation of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." The decision incurred the ire of the three dissenting justices-Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, all known for their extreme-right views-who denounced the Court's majority for caving in to international and domestic public opinion opposing execution of the mentally retarded. In his dissenting opinion, Scalia argued that such individuals should not escape execution because "deservedness of the most severe retribution [the death penalty], depends not merely (if at all) upon the mental capacity of the criminal ... but also upon the depravity of the crime." Reporting on the June 20 ruling, the British Guardian newspaper drew attention to remarks made earlier this year by Justice Scalia, which cast further light on the deeply reactionary outlook underpinning his support for the death penalty. Scalia spoke in January at the University of Chicago at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, appearing on a panel with former Democratic Senator Paul Simon and Beth Wilkinson, lead prosecutor in the government's case against Timothy McVeigh. His comments have been virtually blacked out in the American press.
