Capital Punishment Articles page 4

Asia Times - In November 1999, Musharraf took over power and slapped criminal charges carrying capital punishment on Sharif. Shortly afterwards, in a deal brokered by ...

Lexington Herald-Leader - The highest annual total was 98 in 1999, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment. So far this year, 42 people have been executed. Texas, where 26 prisoners have been executed this year, plans no more ...

Killeen Daily Herald - FORT WORTH – In the nation's most active death penalty state, two November executions have been halted because of pending capital punishment issues before the courts. On Tuesday a federal judge in Sherman stopped the Nov. 6 execution of Allen ...

MSNBC - Fewer executions after lethal injection challenge States postpone capital punishment pending Supreme Court review ... What keeps you up at night? Gut Check America wants you to tell us what really matters to our country. As part of ...

Detroit Free Press - Get off the Capital punishment nonsense already! It ain't happening and won't in your lifetime so get over it. The people involved are getting convicted and going away forever. Sounds pretty severe to me. You have two choices, lock 'em up and ...

American Reporter - As medical doctors, correctional staff and anyone who gets close to capital punishment quickly discover, there is no comfortable way to kill a human being who doesn't have to die." But there are plenty of comfortable ways for news media to report ...

The Independent - So far Mr Mbeki has ruled out capital punishment saying blacks, who were disadvantaged during apartheid, would end up as the majority on death row. Dube's record company said the murder was senseless. "Lucky wasn't just big in South Africa, he was big ...

Houston Chronicle - FORT WORTH — Two November executions have been halted because of pending capital punishment issues before the courts. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Sherman stopped the Nov. 6 execution of Allen Bridgers, whose attorneys claim he is mentally ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - Americans' uneasy majority support for the barbaric death penalty falters , as well it should , when they learn that dozens of innocent people have been sent to death rows across the country. For those citizens, their approval of capital punishment ...

Boston Globe - Ryan, 73, promoted for several years for a Nobel because of his opposition to capital punishment, has been free on bond pending appeal since he was sentenced on September 6, 2006. In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ...