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Scotsman - Mastella also contrasted widespread use of the death penalty in the United States with Italy's ban on capital punishment. "I don't know if a country that applies the death penalty is more in line with UN values than a country that applies tough ...

Danville Register & Bee - Kaine, who personally opposes capital punishment, nevertheless has said he believes Virginia’s lethal-injection procedures do not violate the Constitution. Gene Langley agrees. “The inhumane thing is what (Emmett) did,” Langley said. “People ...

Seattle Times - WASHINGTON — Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades. The Supreme Court-inspired slowdown in executions offers the first ...

Washington Post - Death penalty opponents, who count Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) among their ranks, are gearing up for another attempt to abolish capital punishment. And supporters of gay marriage have vowed to turn to the legislature after a court ruling last month that ...

Hindustan Times - The family of slain poetess Madhumita Shukla on Wednesday demanded capital punishment for former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi and others, who were awarded life imprisonment by a Dehradun court. Madhumita's mother Shanti Devi said the verdict was ...

Post Chronicle - The New York Times reported Sunday that the rising costs of effective counsel in death penalty cases is becoming a concern amid a de facto national moratorium on capital punishment. An Atlanta, Ga., judge overseeing the case of Brian Nichols, who was ...

New York Times - A 2005 study by New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal research group, estimated that capital punishment had cost the state $256 million since 1983, including $60 million for defense, and the state has not executed a single inmate in that time. A ...

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Kalam wanted debate on capital punishment: SC judge

Winsford Guardian - After reading Sarah Gray's letter (February 6) I totally agree that the courts fail us. I truly believe that if the Government had a public referendum we would see the three Cs - conscription, corporal punishment and capital punishment - re-instated ...