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Apr 28, 2008
EDITORIALS: Proposed Law Would Harm Younger Victims
The governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt, has proposed that his state expand the death penalty to include cases of sexual assault against children where the victim is not killed. However, according to an editorial in the Springfield News-Leader, such a law would not protect children. Instead, it could make it less likely that these offenses would be reported, would put the child in danger of even worse crimes, and would involve the child and the family in years of death penalty litigation. The editorial cites the opinions of a leading…
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Exploring the complexities of death penalty, redemption
By Karen Campbell Boston Globe April 3, 2008
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Commentary: Death penalty law follows spirit of ’56
A UMNS CommentaryBy John C. Goodwin*March 28, 2008
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ARKANSAS: Convention backs death penalty abolition; bishop offers new vision for diocese
February 28, 2008
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Capital Doubts
Supreme Court mulls lethal injections as Christian support for the death penalty drops. by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Christianity Today 2/19/2008
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Is the Bush Administration Right to Seek the Death Penalty for 9/11 Captives?
By MICHAEL C. DORF Wednesday, February 13, 2008FindLaw’s Writ
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NEBRASKA EDITORIAL: Instead of a new means of capital punishment, the Legislature should get rid of it
Days after the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair was unconstitutional, a Lincoln Journal Star editorial urged the state to reconsider the death penalty: “Instead of rushing to pass a new means of capital punishment, the Legislature should take this opportunity to finally get rid of the death penalty.” Nebraska was the only state to retain the electric chair as its sole means of execution. The paper noted that it was the right time to take a broader look at the death penalty. “With the advent of more…
Read MoreFeb 06, 2008
EDITORIALS: “Don’t expand capital punishment, abolish it”
In a recent editorial, the Concord Monitor advocated against expanding New Hampshire’s death penalty law to include multiple-murder offenses, as some lawmakers have proposed. Instead, they say, “the death penalty should be eliminated, not expanded.” The editorial cites problems in the death penalty process, such as wrongful convictions, high costs, and its arbitrariness, as reasons for abolition. The Monitor also writes that the death penalty is counterproductive, noting, “It does nothing to deter people from committing murder, but it simultaneously sends the message that, under circumstances other than war or…
Read MoreJan 22, 2008
EDITORIALS: Key Virginia Paper Shifts Position on Death Penalty
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, a key paper in the Virginia state capital, has long supported the death penalty. But their recent editorial takes the position that capital punishment “achieves no legitimate goals that cannot be achieved by a life sentence with no possibility of parole.” The paper equates the death penalty with the state “playing God.” The full text of the editorial follows: Del. Frank Hargrove, one of the General Assembly’s Don Quixotes, hopes the umpteenth time will be the charm. He wants to end executions in Virginia, which stands second…
Read MoreJan 08, 2008
ARTICLES: Time Magazine: “This weighty moral issue… involves a lot of winging it.”
A recent article in Time Magazine by Editor-at-large David Von Drehle examines the current state of the death penalty in the United States at a time when the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of the most widely used method of execution – lethal injection. Von Drehle writes, “In a perfect world, perhaps, the government wouldn’t wait 30 years and several hundred executions to determine whether an execution method makes sense. But the world of capital punishment has never been that sort of place. This weighty moral issue, expressive of some of…
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