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| Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to Bring Back Death PenaltyMonday, November 25, 2019A federal judge on Wednesday night temporarily halted the Trump administration's plans to execute four federal inmates. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled that at least...AG Barr Reinstates Federal Death Penalty, Immediately Schedules 5 ExecutionsThursday, July 25, 2019Attorney General William Barr on Thursday reinstated the federal death penalty, which lapsed 20 years ago, and immediately scheduled executions for five federal death row inmates...Illinois gov. signs 'extreme' abortion bill: 'New death penalty for unborn'Thursday, June 13, 2019llinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law on Wednesday a bill that pro-lifers are calling the most "extreme" late-term abortion measure in the country. “The governor and the...Pope: Death Penalty WrongFriday, August 3, 2018Pope Francis is changing the Vatican's stance on the death penalty, with the Roman Catholic Church declaring inadmissible in all cases. The Catechism teaching on capital...Trump calls for death penalty for NYC truck attack suspectFriday, November 3, 2017President Donald Trump on Thursday backed away from his threat to send the suspect in the New York bike path attack to Guantanamo Bay, acknowledging in an early morning tweet that...Pope wants Catholic opposition to death penalty increasedThursday, October 12, 2017Pope Francis called Wednesday for categoric opposition to capital punishment to be written into an update of the most important guide to Catholic teaching. His comments, which...Arkansas plans unprecedented seven executions in 11 daysMonday, April 10, 2017Arkansas is preparing to execute seven death row inmates in 11 days this month before the state’s deadly drugs expire, an unprecedented number of lethal injections in such a...Death penalty affirmed by Calif., Neb., Okla. votersFriday, November 11, 2016All three states with death penalty-related measures on the ballot Tuesday (Nov. 8) -- California, Nebraska and Oklahoma -- affirmed the use of capital punishment. n California,...Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penaltyMonday, February 22, 2016Pope Francis on Sunday called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, saying the commandment "You shall not kill" was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as for...NAE Changes Long-Standing Position on Death PenaltyThursday, October 22, 2015The National Association of Evangelicals has revised its historical position on the death penalty in the United States, admitting that there are various opposing views among its...Presbyterian Pastors Face Death Penalty in SudanThursday, May 28, 2015wo Presbyterian pastors are facing a likely death penalty as their trial in the Republic of Sudan begins. The Rev. Yat Michael and the Rev. Peter Yen Reith of the South Sudan...Nebraska buys lethal injection drugsTuesday, May 19, 2015Nebraska state lawmakers began debating a bipartisan bill to abolish the death penalty Friday, one day after Gov. Pete Ricketts announced he purchased two of three drugs the state...Boston Bomber Sentenced to DeathSaturday, May 16, 2015A jury in Boston voted Friday to execute Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, refuting his lawyers' argument that he was pulled into the plot by his radicalized Muslim older...Norway Islamic Leader: ‘Every Muslim’ Wants ‘Death Penalty for Homosexuals'Monday, February 9, 2015Fahad Qureshi, who founded Islam Net and is considered an Islamic leader in Norway, told a large group of Sunni Muslims that, contrary to media claims that it is only “radicals”...Death penalty for smuggling Bibles?Wednesday, December 17, 2014Unconfirmed reports of a new decree imposing the death penalty on anyone caught smuggling Bibles into Saudi Arabia has many Christian ministries and support groups on edge....Pope Francis condemns death penaltySaturday, October 25, 2014The Pope has called for the abolition of capital punishment and declared life imprisonment "a hidden death penalty". In a meeting yesterday with representatives of the...California Death Penalty System Is Unconstitutional, Federal Judge RulesFriday, July 18, 2014A federal judge ruled Wednesday that California’s death penalty system is so arbitrary and plagued with delay that it is unconstitutional, a decision that is expected to inspire...Obama questions death penaltySaturday, May 3, 2014At a press conference in the Rose Garden alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr. Obama ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an analysis of death penalty cases...Pakistani Christian Gets Death Penalty for BlasphemySaturday, March 29, 2014A court here found a Christian sanitation worker guilty of blasphemy on Thursday and sentenced him to death, in a case that set off rioting and the torching of a Christian...Hasan Sentenced to Death for Fort Hood ShootingThursday, August 29, 2013A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, delivering the only punishment the Army believed fit for an attack on...Death penalty for holding Bible?Wednesday, January 9, 2013Just possessing a Bible still can be cause for a death penalty in North Korea, so it’s no surprise that the hermit kingdom remains No. 1 on this year’s World Watch List of the...Progressive Professor Demands Death Penalty for Global Warming Skeptics and the PopeWednesday, December 26, 2012It’s almost 2013 and that apocalyptic future seems to be getting closer and closer. Sure we have no flying cars, but we do have a creepy dystopian dictatorship sneaking up on us....Connecticut moves to abolish death penaltyFriday, April 6, 2012After executing just one prisoner in more than 50 years, Connecticut moved Thursday to become the fifth state in five years to do away with the death penalty for good. But the...Is Supporting the Death Penalty 'Christian?'Wednesday, August 31, 2011Americans who attend religious services on a regular basis are slightly less likely to support the death penalty than those who attend less frequently. Although a majority of...Justice Department Pursues 'Strange' Probe of Execution DrugMonday, May 9, 2011The Obama administration has launched a quiet campaign over the past two months to seize from local officials a key drug used in lethal injections -- part of a spreading...Houston religious leaders pledge to fight death penaltyThursday, January 20, 2011Seven of Houston's best-known religious leaders publicly pledged to fight the death penalty Tuesday night, saying it damages the society it seeks to protect. "When an execution...New Mexico Legislature repeals death penaltySunday, March 15, 2009The New Mexico Legislature has voted to repeal the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The state Senate voted 24-18...Death sentence upheld in Bible jury caseSaturday, August 16, 2008HOUSTON -- A federal appeals court has ruled that East Texas jurors wrongly used a Bible during deliberations in a capital murder case, but that there isn't enough evidence to...Some Decry N.J. Death Penalty AbolitionThursday, December 20, 2007TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Marilyn Flax has never been involved in political campaigns. That changed Monday, when New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a law making New Jersey the...Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New DebateSunday, November 18, 2007For the first time in a generation, the question of whether the death penalty deters murders has captured the attention of scholars in law and economics, setting off an intense...Vatican urges Georgia to spare inmateWednesday, July 25, 2007ATLANTA - Citing a parade of witnesses who have since recanted, the Vatican joined supporters of a condemned and urged Georgia's governor to commute his sentence. Troy Anthony...Studies: Death Penalty Discourages CrimeMonday, June 11, 2007Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and...Vatican slams Saddam's death penaltyFriday, December 29, 2006A top Vatican official condemned the death sentence against Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in a newspaper interview published Thursday, acknowledging the crimes of the...Moussaoui is spared death penaltyThursday, May 4, 2006Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui is to face life in jail, rather than execution, for his role in the 9/11 attacks, a US jury has decided. The prosecution had called for the...Death Penalty Sought in PA SlayingsFriday, December 16, 2005LANCASTER, Pa. - A prosecutor said Friday he will seek the death penalty against a man already accused of shooting to death his 14-year-old girlfriend's parents, and announced he...Death Penalty Tossed Over Bible VersesWednesday, April 6, 2005DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in a rape-and-murder case because jurors had studied Bible verses such as "eye for eye, tooth for tooth"...Jurors read Bible: Court tosses death penaltyTuesday, March 29, 2005DENVER Mar 28, 2005 — The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in a rape-and-murder case because jurors had studied Bible verses such as "eye for eye,...Charles fights death penalty for Christian convertsSaturday, December 18, 2004The Prince of Wales is brokering efforts to end the Muslim death penalty on converts to other faiths, The Telegraph has learned. He held a private summit of Christian and Muslim...Church Leader in Iran May Face Death PenaltyThursday, November 18, 2004One of the ten evangelical church leaders of the Assemblies of God Church in Iran reportedly released from detention by police authorities on Sept. 12 may possibly be charged with...Protestant convert from Islam faces death penaltyThursday, October 21, 2004Tehran (AsiaNews) – Hamid Pourmand is a Protestant minister of the Assemblies of God Church. He converted from Islam several years ago. Since September he has been held in prison...High court justice: U.S. would be better off without death penaltyThursday, May 13, 2004U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told a convention of lawyers and judges in Chicago, "I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital...Judge kills death sentence because jurors read BibleSaturday, May 24, 2003Although Robert Harlan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 25-year-old woman and shooting another woman passer-by who tried to help, leaving her paralyzed, a...Sniper suspect faces death penaltyFriday, October 25, 2002Police holding the Washington sniper suspect say they intend to seek the death penalty. Earlier, it emerged that police twice missed the chance to catch the Washington sniper...China jails Hong Kong bible smuggler: escapes death penaltyMonday, January 28, 2002A Hong Kong businessman accused of smuggling thousands of bibles into China has been sentenced to two years in prison. When he was arrested last year, Li Guangqiang was accused...Don't meddle, China tells US: Businessman faces death penalty for smuggling Bibles into ChinaWednesday, January 9, 2002China warned the United States last night not to interfere in its legal affairs after President George W. Bush expressed deep concern over the fate of a Hong Kong man facing the...
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