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I am writing as a representative of "Tea Party 2008", a grassroots organization which is determined to make the concerns of those with loved ones in prison heard. In protest of the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world, we have decided to hold a modern day "Boston...
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Redemption and rehabilitation San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial January 18, 2008 Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for minors as cruel and unusual punishment, citing medical and social-science evidence that teens lack the maturity to be held accountable to the same...
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Lethal injection is the wrong debate Ray Krone Monday, January 14, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Baze vs. Rees, which challenges the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection. While the court wrestles with technical issues concerning the Eighth Amendment's...
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States Hesitate to Lead Change on Executions NEW YORK TIMES By ADAM LIPTAK When a state panel recommended last April that Tennessee abandon the three chemicals used in executions across the nation in favor of the single drug usually used in animal euthanasia, the state¹s corrections commissioner said...