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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with death penalty

NAACP: Don't Let Them Kill Troy Davis
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, injustice, death penalty, wrongly convicted )

Davida
- 191 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
The U.S. Supreme Court will "conference" on Troy Davis' most recent appeal on June 25th. NCADP will alert you on the outcome of that decision and next steps just as soon as possible. The NAACP has posted an action on the case and issued a statement.
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NAACP President Asks for Signatures on Petition to Save Troy Davis From Execution
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troy anthony davis, naacp, crime, prison, court, u.s., news, society, georgia, governor, death row, death penalty, execution, petition, media, government, justice, americans, constitution, cover-up, crime, ethics, rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights )

SirRobert
- 202 days ago - opednews.com
Seven out of nine witnesses have recanted or contradicted their previous testimony, no murder weapon was ever found, and there is no physical evidence linking Davis to the crime scene.
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Stop Execution of Troy Davis! Campaign
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, death penalty, wrongly convicted, petition )

Davida
- 205 days ago - iacenter.org
TELL THE GEORGIA GOV., LEGISLATURE, PAROLE BOARD, PRESIDENT OBAMA, CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!He was convicted solely on witness testimony, and 7 of the 9 witnesses have since recanted, many alleging that police coerced them
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Stay of Execution for Troy Davis
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Troy Davies, US Supreme Court, Prison, Amensty International, justice, death penalty, crime, freedoms, GoodNews )

Laurel
- 410 days ago - amnestyusa.org
Troy Davis received a stay of execution based on a new last-minute appeal filed this past Wednesday to the federal appeals court in Atlanta. As a result, he will not be executed on Monday, October 27th, as originally scheduled.
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Charges Dropped for 20th Alleged 9/11 Hijacker
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 9/11, suspects, Guantanamo Bay, Govtfearmongering, bushadministration, corruption, military, cover-up, usa, terrorism, lies, americans, dishonesty, death penalty )

Holly
- 575 days ago - latimes.com
But five other suspects, including the alleged mastermind, face the death penalty at the troubled Guantanamo Bay tribunal.
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US State to Ban Executions After 40 Years - USA
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, new jersey, death penalty, life, parole )

Chrissy
- 728 days ago - news.com.au
NEW Jersey is expected to become the first US state in 40 years to vote to abolish the death penalty. The state's senate voted this week to ban executions in favour of a life term in jail without parole and the measure expected to easily pass through the
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NJ Moves to Abolish Death Penalty
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: death penalty, new jersey, bill, senate )

Brian
- 732 days ago - abclocal.go.com
A Senate budget committee approved replacing capital punishment with life in prison without parole. It was approved 8-4, with Democrats supporting it and Republicans opposing. The bill can be considered for a full Senate vote.
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Bush, Texas at Odds Over Death Case
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, Texas, death penalty, bushadministration, crime, politics, usa )


- 796 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - To put it bluntly, Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of the state's plan to execute a Mexican for the brutal killing of two teenage girls. Bush, who presided over 152 executions as governor of Texas, wants to halt the execution
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Gonzales to Be Death Penalty Czar - Handed the Powers to Fast-Track Cases
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: US government, ALberto Gonzales, Gonzales, death penalty, Patriot Act, Patriot Act II )

RC
- 849 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Great - a lowlife, lying, scumsucking NEOCON will hold the fate of thousands in his amoral little hands - ALL AS A RESULT OF PATRIOT ACT II.
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The Execution of Private Slovik
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Death Penalty, Petition, government, media, politics, troops, usa, war, pardon, pardons, petition, petitions, activism, military )


- 896 days ago - care2.com
Pardon petition and info on Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 to January 31, 1945) who was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.
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