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Supreme Court Rejects Sniper's Appeal
Society & Culture (tags: execution, murder, humans, crime, death, family, police, violence )

Lone
- 16 days ago - washingtonpost.com

Washington area sniper John Allen Muhammad's scheduled execution will go forward Tuesday unless Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine intervenes, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the sniper's final legal appeal.

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Texas Execution: Judge Shut Court at 5, Now Faces Trial
Society & Culture (tags: Death Penality, man, execution, judge, goes to trail )

Lone
- 100 days ago - dispatch.com

SAN ANTONIO -- As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a Death Row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the

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And You Thought Salem Was Bad...
Society & Culture (tags: witchcraft, witches, colonial America, Connecticut, witch trials, hangings, execution, history, Puritans, Puritanism, devil, trials )

RC
- 428 days ago - query.nytimes.com

Americans are familiar with the horrors of the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. Unhappily my home state, Connecticut, began hunting & hanging witches in 1647, 45 years before the witch hunts & trials in Salem. Great read on a sad chapter in our history.

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Troy Davis Granted Stay of Execution By Supreme Court
Society & Culture (tags: Troy Davis, innocence, Supreme Court, execution, evidence, Innocence Project )

RC
- 429 days ago - ajc.com

This is excellent news - there is a preponderance of evidence to show he is most likely not guilty. 7 witnesses have RECANTED. HURRAY! Let's put pressure on people to finally clear him.

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.Amnesty: Iran: Stop the Execution of Child Offender Sina Paymard
Society & Culture (tags: iran, death sentence, child, amnesty, blood monety, execution )

Cheryl Su
- 859 days ago - amnesty.org.uk

Amnesty has heard from Sina Paymard's lawyer that he was not executed last night, but his family have 10 days to reach a financial settlement with the victim's kin. If the money is not raised, then they are determined to have Sina executed

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