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Why I’ve withdrawn my support for the death penalty.

Originally posted on Vancitydissident's Blog:
For nearly the first forty-five years of my life, I believed in the death penalty. Some things—child rape, premeditated murder, terrorism, serial rape and the trafficking of certain drugs in massive quantities—were simply so horrible and corrosive to society that only death was a fitting punishment. In fact, it’s…

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From the Baldwin Hills looking down from about the same perspective as the cover of Colder Case

The Village Green in 1943.

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North Carolina brothers pardoned, including one on death row for 3 decades

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Scalia’s perfect capital-punishment case falls apart | MSNBC

Originally posted on digger666:
via Scalia’s perfect capital-punishment case falls apart | MSNBC. The lethal injection chamber of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on Oct. 9, 2012. Photo by Amber Hunt/AP ? ? Scalia’s perfect capital-punishment case falls apart 06/05/15 By Steve Benen A little over two decades ago, Supreme Court Justice Antonin…

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Undertaker describes tending to bodies of executed people

Originally posted on Nutrition for Your Daily Knowledge:
Suhendro Putro. Photo source: Daily Telegraph How did I feel? Of course I was sad … we and they knew what day it was going to happen, only not the time. We were all sad, but what could we do? – Undertaker Suhendro Putro Cilacap (ABC News/ Louise Milligan):…