| He called for the restoration of corporal and capital punishment and pledged support for apartheid in South Africa. |
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| To abolitionists, capital punishment is equally uncivilized and deserving of a definitive ruling of its unconstitutionality. |
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| The former warden of Parchman prison in Mississippi spoke out against capital punishment. |
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| No. Do I think that the threat of capital punishment acts as a deterrent to serious crime? |
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| The Prime Minister has weighed into the argument, saying she wants to make it clear her party is inherently opposed to capital punishment. |
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| The jurisprudence of capital punishment imposes a tremendous burden on jurors. |
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| This is an enormous leap, for the bulk of Prof. Budziszewski's arguments aim to refute opponents of capital punishment. |
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| One long-term lifer, a woman in fact, told me once that she never met a lifer in her time in prison who didn't approve of capital punishment. |
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| Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, seven states have executed a combined twenty-two juvenile offenders nationwide. |
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| From the beginning, the United States Constitution recognized capital punishment as lawful. |
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| Through this we can also see that capital punishment is not necessarily a form of punishment at all. |
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| Without the respectability that lethal injection provides, capital punishment in the United States would probably cease. |
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| One of the uses of capital punishment is to deter other criminals from committing more crimes. |
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| Most Austrians and many other Europeans abhor capital punishment as cruel and inhumane. |
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| Some people argue that capital punishment is a savage act and must be abolished in every state. |
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| It wasn't the capital punishment the judge favoured, but the idea of justice being conducted in full view of the public. |
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| If that's true, then the UBP and the community are out of touch with the way the capital punishment debate is going. |
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| Will the campaign then seek to campaign on, say, abortion, divorce, capital punishment, and other traditional family values? |
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| Another major point in the argument against capital punishment is called mitigating circumstances. |
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| I'd be sorely disappointed in the Guardian if it advocated capital punishment. |
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| His followers believed people were inherently evil and nonconformist thought was a capital punishment. |
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| The year 2001 could be the one in which America calls a halt to its long love affair with capital punishment. |
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| For many New Englanders, capital punishment relates more to the era of witches being hanged than to the current day. |
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| He could have been sentenced to death, but his prosecutors didn't seek capital punishment. |
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| Apprehensions that doing away with capital punishment can lead to more crime should be duly addressed. |
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| I was hoping he'd be sent to jail for life, and not just because I oppose capital punishment. |
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| Juries in death penalty cases are always quizzed about their attitudes on capital punishment before the start of the trial. |
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| They end up robbing a bank, for which the penalty in China is capital punishment. |
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| But, as with torture, the harm capital punishment does is not limited to its subject. |
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| The abolition of capital punishment was frequently urged in colonial politics and after. |
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| The crimes which would merit capital punishment for those in favour of same are indeed appalling. |
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| Though physical torture and capital punishment were opposed in all cases, no overt political position was to be taken. |
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| It was at the forefront of opposing capital punishment and demanding prison reform. |
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| That cost is not difficult to justify where capital punishment is the penalty for first-degree murder. |
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| It will show itself in cases about capital punishment, corporate responsibility, gun control, you name it. |
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| The fact that the International Covenant sanctions capital punishment must be seen in this context. |
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| Severe punishments must be meted out and if necessary capital punishment will be needed. |
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| The punishment was capital punishment and all of this was done to teach them a lesson. |
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| Or take the claim that forgiveness is superior to revenge, and that capital punishment is mere revenge. |
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| The history of capital punishment clearly shows the desire to mitigate the harshness of this penalty by narrowing its scope. |
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| With capital punishment in the news lately, American opinion on the death penalty seems particularly changeable in response to media coverage. |
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| They sought to weed out those who opposed capital punishment or were apparently too sympathetic toward an insanity defense. |
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| I can sympathize with his absolutist view regarding capital punishment, as did many in the Cuban leadership. |
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| They are supportive of a multi-party system, and are against capital punishment. |
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| I felt right at home, for example, with the U.S. bishops' pastoral letters on the economy, nuclear arms, and capital punishment. |
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| At the end of it all, the moral argument that clinches the debate for me is that capital punishment is effectively society's revenge. |
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| Both of his announcements show clearly how capital punishment is coarsening American institutions. |
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| The United States remains one of the few advanced industrialized countries in the world that still practices capital punishment. |
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| Pennsylvania was the first U.S. state to abolish capital punishment for all crimes except first-degree murder. |
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| Forces and trends that will make capital punishment one of the defining issues of the coming year are converging from several directions. |
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| I think that we have to look at capital punishment free of personal involvement. |
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| Whether we believe in capital punishment is beside the point, presumably those running these prisons think it's a fine idea. |
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| But if you believe in capital punishment, as I do, it is very hard to find a better poster child than this sniper. |
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| If we made a habit of yielding to prejudice we would restore capital punishment, stone people to death and drown old crones in pointed hats. |
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| Mr Howard says free votes are rare and reserved for matters like euthanasia, abortion and capital punishment. |
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| Texas, the leader in prisons and capital punishment nationwide, had 534,260 on parole or probation. |
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| A very unfortunate aspect of capital punishment, in my opinion, is the degrading effect it can have on the community. |
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| There is substantial doubt that capital punishment has any significant deterrent effect. |
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| But a great deal of recent evidence strengthens the claim that capital punishment has large deterrent effects. |
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| Would the irrefutability of guilt render capital punishment just? |
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| And if lethal injection protocols cause profound suffering the landscape of capital punishment as we know it may change. |
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| Ordinarily, I'm opposed to capital punishment, but in this case I don't think the court has any choice but to impose the maximum penalty provided by law. |
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| Another point the pro capital punishment followers have the temerity to argue is that the threat of execution is more of a deterrent than life imprisonment. |
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| The governor's repeated claim that he will raise the issue of capital punishment during the 2004 session may be no more than a bone tossed to his more rabid supporters. |
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| Another week, another botched killing under the legal euphemism of capital punishment. |
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| Whatever your views on capital punishment, the incident raises questions of basic competence. |
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| This story absolutely outraged me and it is stories such as these that sway people over to thinking that capital punishment should be used on some criminals. |
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| In 2011, Illinois extended the moratorium begun under Governor Ryan into a full ban on capital punishment. |
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| At the very least, says Brandenburg, judges are going to be less willing to take a risk in a capital punishment case. |
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| But legal considerations plausibly have a great deal to do with increases in incarceration, capital punishment, and criminal prosecution of juveniles. |
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| The earliest historical records contain evidence of capital punishment. |
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| When our founding mothers and fathers wrote the Constitution, they took a major step forward in terms of progressive policies, by abolishing capital punishment. |
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| There is little doubt that if this were a more racially homogeneous country, capital punishment would have gone the way of the dodo bird 30 years ago. |
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| Please, please, I beg of people to write to their MP and demand in the name of British justice that capital punishment be reinstated in this country. |
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| For years now I have been against capital punishment, arguing that killing someone either illegally or legally was the most abominable and most repugnant of crimes. |
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| Estrada's move to soften his stand on capital punishment followed his announcement that he has commuted death sentences to life terms for over 100 convicts. |
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| In Poland it became instrumental to the abolition of capital punishment. |
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| My overall opinion is that capital punishment is an effective deterrent for crime, and as such, should be used to punish the extreme crimes, such as mentioned earlier. |
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| For Davis to disinter capital punishment, of all issues, when he has barely begun to read his briefing documents in his new job, was a clear and deliberate signal too. |
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| In 1998 he published a book on the pros and cons of capital punishment. |
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| Although written like a novel, contemporary material is extensively used to bring out the 19th century penological penchant for capital punishment. |
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| Most Pennsylvanians now support a moratorium on capital punishment until its efficacy can be determined. |
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| People who support capital punishment are often portrayed as barbarians or monsters, but in my opinion locking someone up for life is far more inhumane. |
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| Her few comments to the press included a succinct summary of her views on capital punishment. |
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| Certain hudud crimes, for example, are considered crimes against God and require capital punishment in public. |
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| She strongly pitched for mass awareness about crime and women's safety, but outrightly rejected the view that capital punishment would end crime. |
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| The Sharia principles of the Hudood ' Qisas and Tazir ' all have provisions for capital punishment. |
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| Many countries have abolished capital punishment either in law or in practice. |
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| Last week three MPs were pressured into quitting the Conservative Monday Club, which supports voluntary repatriation and capital punishment. |
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| Since World War II there has been a trend toward abolishing capital punishment. |
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| It also denounced the use of capital punishment and called for a common lectionary. |
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| Since the abolition of capital punishment, murder has carried a mandatory life sentence in English law. |
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| In the European Union, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment. |
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| Some further forms of capital punishment were practised in the Tang dynasty, of which the first two that follow at least were extralegal. |
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| Also, modern military organisations employed capital punishment as a means of maintaining military discipline. |
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| Use of capital punishment is growing in India in the 2010s due to anger over several recent brutal cases of rape. |
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| In the United States, 18 states and the District of Columbia ban capital punishment. |
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| Most countries, including almost all First World nations, have abolished capital punishment either in law or in practice. |
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| There are countries which do not publish information on the use of capital punishment, most significantly China and North Korea. |
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| Crimes against humanity such as genocide are usually punishable by death in countries retaining capital punishment. |
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| It is frequently argued that capital punishment leads to miscarriage of justice through the wrongful execution of innocent persons. |
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| This instead has, in common with several other treaties, an optional protocol prohibiting capital punishment and promoting its wider abolition. |
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| According to Talmudic law, the competence to apply capital punishment ceased with the destruction of the Second Temple. |
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| Historically, most states where the official religion is Buddhism have imposed capital punishment for some offences. |
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| A close reading of texts in the Pali canon reveals different attitudes towards violence and capital punishment. |
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| Buddhism is incompatible with any form of violence especially warfare and capital punishment. |
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| The Church of Scotland considers that capital punishment is unacceptable and does not provide an answer for even the most serious crimes. |
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| The Reformed Church in America also opposes capital punishment stating that it is incompatible with the Spirit of Christ and the ethic of love. |
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| Since 1969, the United Church of Christ took a stance against capital punishment and has reaffirmed it multiple times. |
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| Qisas is another category of sentencing where sharia permits capital punishment, for intentional or unintentional murder. |
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| Lethal stoning and beheading in public under sharia is controversial for being a perceived as a strict form of capital punishment. |
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| Since the resumption of capital punishment in Virginia in 1982, 107 people have been executed, the second highest number in the nation. |
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| Votes relating to issues of conscience such as abortion and capital punishment are typically free votes. |
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| In 1976, that Court ruled that, under appropriate circumstances, capital punishment may constitutionally be imposed. |
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| She supported the retention of capital punishment and voted against the relaxation of divorce laws. |
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| The state has attracted criticism for its treatment of women and use of capital punishment. |
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| Early Ireland has the distinction of being one of the first areas to shun capital punishment. |
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| Even then, the monetary possibilities may have discouraged capital punishment in some cases. |
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| It is unclear how often capital punishment was carried out in situations where it would be licit without any records other than the legal tracts. |
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| This case is also given as the reason why Brehon law did not favour capital punishment. |
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| Not only did they lose the control over their lives, but many were subjected to various methods of torture and capital punishment. |
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| The rods symbolized the power of scourging, and the axe the power of capital punishment. |
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| Within the city a consul could punish and arrest a citizen, but had no power to inflict capital punishment. |
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| The Russkaya Pravda confined punishments to fines and generally did not use capital punishment. |
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| As soon as he is discovered in this offence, he shall be submitted for capital punishment. |
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| Corporal or capital punishment for free men does not figure in the Germanic law codes, and banishment appears to be the most severe penalty issued officially. |
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| Historian David Chardavoyne has suggested that the movement to abolish capital punishment in Michigan grew as a result of enmity toward the state's neighbor, Canada. |
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| A King should not pass judgement in haste or anger, but the punishment should fit the crime, with warfare and capital punishment acceptable in certain situations. |
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| Some members in the past have expressed support for capital punishment. |
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| In most countries that practise capital punishment it is now reserved for murder, terrorism, war crimes, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice. |
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| They were also the first women in India to be given capital punishment. |
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| The American Baptist Churches USA is against capital punishment and recommends its churches and members to support those seeking to abolish the death penalty. |
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| The Episcopal Church, along with other Anglican churches, also opposes capital punishment and its leaders have been pushing to abolish capital punishment. |
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| It states that revenge is a primary motivation for capital punishment policy and that true healing can only take place through repentance and forgiveness. |
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| Civil outlawry did not carry capital punishment with it, and it was imposed on defendants who fled or evaded justice when sued for civil actions like debts or torts. |
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| Patrick, Irish law demanded capital punishment in all cases of murder. |
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| Once a parliament abolishes capital punishment, it's very hard to unabolish it. And the European Union has made abolition a de facto condition of membership. |
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| As in most cultures around the world, justice could be harsh and often included capital punishment for serious crimes against the community or the individual. |
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| Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin, a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors. |
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| The quarter sessions did not have jurisdiction to hear the most serious crimes, most notably those subject to capital punishment or later life imprisonment. |
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| The archbishop nevertheless preserved the right of capital punishment. |
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| Discussions varied from examining the close ties linking Lebanon and France juristically, since both belong to the same school of law, to revising capital punishment. |
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| In addition to banning capital punishment for EU member states, the EU has also banned detainee transfers in cases where the receiving party may seek the death penalty. |
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| The law uses capital punishment only in cases of witchcraft and poisoning. |
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| In others, there is variation in the use of capital punishment. |
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| Jim Sharpe's analysis of late-Elizabethan economic conditions pairs years of faulty harvests with suspiciously corresponding upsurges in crime and capital punishment. |
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