Death Penalty
November 11, 2009
- Before I begin this article I am going to tell you I don't know if I am for or against the death penalty. I really don't. When I am reading about heinous crimes people commit and what it does to the families of the victims you will hear me screaming, "Kill him! He must die for his crime!" BUT then, I see a picture of the killer and read about his background and my sorrow takes over for ...
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November 10, 2009
- The DC Sniper was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers. John Allen Muhammed, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, terrorized the Washington region in 2002 during their three-week shooting spree. Opponents of the death penalty are accused of never thinking about the victims. But I oppose the death penalty, and I think of the victims all the ...
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November 10, 2009
- Muhammad and the 'closure' myth By Naseem Rakha Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Of all the arguments in support of capital punishment, perhaps the most emotionally compelling is that it provides "closure" for the loved ones of murder victims. Prosecuting attorneys, politicians and journalists commonly refer to how executions allow family members to "move on" from their ...
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November 10, 2009
- John Allen Muhammad, the so-called D.C. sniper, is scheduled to be put to death today by the state of Virginia for the mass murders he carried out in our nation's capital. The Supreme Court refused to stay the execution as did Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. No one will argue that Muhammad is innocent, or that what he did was not a heinous act, and one for which he deserves to pay the ultimate ...
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April 30, 2009
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Adversary legalism, what Professor Kagan calls in a very giod book, the American way of law is the structural form that the rule of law takes in its worldwide expansion. Plunder finds in this structure its most fertile ground. To resists such expansion we should point at the tragic outcomes of this adversary ideal when aplied in severe power unbalance. The case of Troy Davis, as that of Mumia ...
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February 4, 2009
- The 11th circuit court will either decide in favor of life or death for Troy Davis any day now. But he has been waiting for justice for 18 years.Forward this video to someone who has not heard the Troy Davis story and help shed light on injustice.Dear Ugo,The state of Georgia seems determined to kill Troy Davis. But your thousands of calls, faxes and emails have sent a powerful message that such ...
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June 26, 2008
- A Crime Exploited, A Tragedy Doubled. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/26/scotus.child.rape.ap/index.htmlThe US Supreme Court has declared that states have the right to utilize capital punishment only in cases in which a life is taken. An eye for an eye, as it were. The hue and cry this decision has caused is very telling on not only the American psyche, but the American political system as ...
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June 26, 2008
- A Crime Exploited, A Tragedy Doubled. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/26/scotus.child.rape.ap/index.htmlThe US Supreme Court has declared that states have the right to utilize capital punishment only in cases in which a life is taken. An eye for an eye, as it were. The hue and cry this decision has caused is very telling on not only the American psyche, but the American political system as ...
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