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US justice department resumes use of death penalty and schedules five executions @ 2019-07-26T04: Back Hot News
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT TO DEATH ONLY THREE DEFENDANTS SINCE RESTORING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY IN 1988, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH OCCURRED IN 2003, WHEN LOUIS JONES WAS EXECUTED FOR THE 1995 KIDNAPPING, RAPE AND MURDER OF A YOUNG FEMALE SOLDIER. THERE ARE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE ON FEDERAL DEATH ROW, ACCORDING TO THE DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER (DPIC).
"IN THE YEARS SINCE, THERE HAS BEEN AN INFORMAL MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS OF FEDERAL PRISONERS, AS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REVIEWED ITS LETHAL INJECTION PROCEDURES," THE POST REPORTED. "THAT PRACTICE WAS UNDERSCORED DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BY THEN-ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER"S PERSONAL OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY, EVEN WHILE HE APPROVED PROSECUTORS" DECISIONS TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY IN SPECIFIC TRIAL."
HONKEN"S ACCOMPLICE, ANGELA JOHNSON, WAS CONVICTED IN A SEPARATE TRIAL AND SENTENCED TO DEATH, BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN ON FEDERAL DEATH ROW IN DECADES. A JUDGE OVERTURNED HER DEATH SENTENCES IN 2012 AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DROPPED THEIR PURSUIT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN 2014, AHEAD OF A RE-SENTENCING HEARING FOR JOHNSON.
「LET ME BE CLEAR: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS IMMORAL AND DEEPLY FLAWED,」 SEN. KAMALA D. HARRIS (D-CALIF.), A FORMER CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID ON TWITTER. 「TOO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT TO DEATH. WE NEED A NATIONAL MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY, NOT A RESURRECTION.」
FILE PHOTO: FATHER CHRIS PONNET, LEADER OF THE ST. CAMILLUS CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, SPEAKS DURING A RALLY PROTESTING AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY AND IN FAVOR OF IMMIGRATION REFORM ORGANIZED BY "CATHOLICS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" DURING THE FOUR-DAY 2017 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 25, 2017. REUTERS/ANDREW CULLEN
RESURFACED VIDEO SHOWS IAN HISLOP COMPLETELY SHREDDING PRITI PATEL"S ARGUMENT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS DECIDED TO RESUME THE DEATH PENALTY FOR INMATES ON DEATH ROW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. NBC'S PETE WILLIAMS HAS DETAILS ON THE DECISION.
CURRENTLY, THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY WESTERN COUNTRY STILL USING THE DEATH PENALTY.
DONALD TRUMP IS A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF THE DEATH PENALTY
BREAKING: BORIS JOHNSON REFUSES TO RULE OUT REINTRODUCING THE DEATH PENALTY
DALLAS — PROSECUTORS HAVE SERVED NOTICE THAT THEY’LL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A DALLAS MAN LINKED TO 19 DEATHS.
ALBAYALDE SAID THEY SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HEINOUS CRIMES AND TERRORISM. "PROBABLY THE DEATH PENALTY WILL BE A GOOD DETERRENT TO THESE DRUG PEDDLERS OR FINANCIERS," HE SAID.
MANILA - SEN. IMEE MARCOS ON THURSDAY SAID SHE NOW SUPPORTS A “LIMITED” IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY, CHANGING HER POSITION WHEN SHE WAS STILL A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
“MASYADONG P10 MILLION IS TOO ANO, P 10 MILLION.. P 50 MILLION SIGURO. DEATH PENALTY FOR PLUNDER SAKA DRUGS. I AM FOR IT [TEN MILLION WILL BE TOO (LOW). FIFTY MILLION MAYBE BE BETTER. DEATH PENALTY FOR PLUNDER AND DRUGS, I AM FOR IT],” HE SAID.
THE U.S. IS THE ONLY WESTERN COUNTRY WHERE EXECUTIONS STILL TAKE PLACE. TWENTY-NINE STATES CURRENTLY HAVE DEATH PENALTY LAWS. LAST YEAR, 25 DEATH ROW INMATES WERE EXECUTED IN THE U.S. THE DEATH PENALTY HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABOLISHED IN EUROPE, WHERE BELARUS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT STILL ALLOWS IT.

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