Death Penalty News
Court backs states' role on retardation and execution
By Charles Lane
”The Supreme Court reaffirmed yesterday that states have the authority to make their own rules for determining whether a capital defendant is mentally retarded and thus ineligible for the death penalty.”
The Bible and the death penalty
By Wade Hall
”When pressed, many Americans who support capital punishment will say it's because the Bible requires it. But does it? In "The Biblical Truth About America's Death Penalty," a long and detailed study of the huge American support for the death penalty, Dale S. Recinella presents convincing exegeses of both Hebrew and Christian texts and concludes that, in using Scripture to justify capital punishment, we misunderstand Old Testament laws and ignore the Gospels and the example of Jesus. “
High court rules in Tucson retardation case
”WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that death row inmates do not automatically have a right to a jury trial to determine whether they are mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for execution.”
Court backs states' role on retardation and execution
By Charles Lane
”The Supreme Court reaffirmed yesterday that states have the authority to make their own rules for determining whether a capital defendant is mentally retarded and thus ineligible for the death penalty.”
Death sentence talk being renewed in Iowa
By Dan Gearino
”DES MOINES — The question of whether to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa is bubbling to the surface after months in the background.”
Supreme Court rules against Arizona death row inmate
By Gina Holland, The Associated Press
”WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that death row inmates do not automatically have a right to a jury trial to determine whether they are mentally retarded, and therefore ineligible for execution.”
Death penalty opponents raise concerns over executions
CHERYL WITTENAUER | Associated Press
”ST. LOUIS - Family, friends and death penalty opponents raised concerns Tuesday about the conviction of Marlin Gray, who is scheduled to die by injection next week in the deaths of two sisters pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in 1991.”
Death penalty attack is a vile political tactic
Bristol Herald Courier
"Jerry Kilgore should apologize for a vicious new attack ad that suggests his political opponent would not support the death penalty for the world’s most notorious genocidal villain Adolf Hitler."
By Charles Lane
”The Supreme Court reaffirmed yesterday that states have the authority to make their own rules for determining whether a capital defendant is mentally retarded and thus ineligible for the death penalty.”
The Bible and the death penalty
By Wade Hall
”When pressed, many Americans who support capital punishment will say it's because the Bible requires it. But does it? In "The Biblical Truth About America's Death Penalty," a long and detailed study of the huge American support for the death penalty, Dale S. Recinella presents convincing exegeses of both Hebrew and Christian texts and concludes that, in using Scripture to justify capital punishment, we misunderstand Old Testament laws and ignore the Gospels and the example of Jesus. “
High court rules in Tucson retardation case
”WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that death row inmates do not automatically have a right to a jury trial to determine whether they are mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for execution.”
Court backs states' role on retardation and execution
By Charles Lane
”The Supreme Court reaffirmed yesterday that states have the authority to make their own rules for determining whether a capital defendant is mentally retarded and thus ineligible for the death penalty.”
Death sentence talk being renewed in Iowa
By Dan Gearino
”DES MOINES — The question of whether to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa is bubbling to the surface after months in the background.”
Supreme Court rules against Arizona death row inmate
By Gina Holland, The Associated Press
”WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that death row inmates do not automatically have a right to a jury trial to determine whether they are mentally retarded, and therefore ineligible for execution.”
Death penalty opponents raise concerns over executions
CHERYL WITTENAUER | Associated Press
”ST. LOUIS - Family, friends and death penalty opponents raised concerns Tuesday about the conviction of Marlin Gray, who is scheduled to die by injection next week in the deaths of two sisters pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in 1991.”
Death penalty attack is a vile political tactic
Bristol Herald Courier
"Jerry Kilgore should apologize for a vicious new attack ad that suggests his political opponent would not support the death penalty for the world’s most notorious genocidal villain Adolf Hitler."
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