Recent Death Penalty Articles page 7

American Reporter - The reporting about the death penalty is usually light years from what really goes on. We're accustomed to those kinds of gaps. By the time we become adults, we've seen thousands of televised narratives - from entertainment shows to newscasts ...

Angus Reid Consultants - (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Two-thirds of people in Australia believe people convicted of murder should not face the death penalty, according to a poll by Roy Morgan International. 67 per cent of respondents think the punishment for this crime ...

Mankato Free Press - Louisiana prosecutors want the death penalty in the first trial for accused serial killer Sean Gillis, but to get that for an individual murder, state law requires an “aggravating circumstance” beyond the murder, such as kidnapping or robbery. At ...

International Herald Tribune - He faced down the European Union on numerous issues: the death penalty, government help for Polish companies and Poland's voting rights under the new treaty to govern the EU. He even argued Poland lost out in the population-based formula because of ...

International Herald Tribune - ... countries over various issues, including a new treaty to govern how the union makes decisions, demanding more say for Poland. He has also differed with Brussels over environmental protection, government support for Polish firms, and the death penalty ...

BBC Europe - When an attempt was made to declare a European Day against the Death Penalty, the Polish government proposed instead a day to affirm life, underlining their own anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia message. Relations with Germany were particularly ...

International Herald Tribune - CHICAGO : It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he would head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would ...

The Independent - Despite initial speculation that some marines might face the death penalty, charges have been progressively whittled down because of what military prosecutors say is lack of evidence. Of four marines initially accused in the case, charges have been ...

St. Petersburg Times - Now the 40-year-old faces the death penalty in the murder of Pannell, a 39-year-old American Airlines employee based at Tampa International Airport. On Oct. 10, 2003, Pannell was stabbed and cut 16 times in the kitchen of her villa on Montego Court. ...

Washington Post - Republicans seeking to retain control of the Senate deny that charge, saying that a Democratic takeover would tilt the state too far left, leading to anti-business legislation, higher taxes and a death penalty moratorium. "If the Republicans come ...