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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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In fact, every member of the European Union, in accordance with membership restrictions, has completely abolished the death penalty or has instituted moratoria on executions.
In fact, it was the dismembered corpses of these Bolshevik women fighters that persuaded the Soviet government to reinstate the death penalty specifically for murders of this type, although the death penalty had already been abolished in general.
Additional facts linking race with the death penalty: * Since the resumption of executions in the early 1980's, 40 percent of those executed have been black.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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So sad; are the facts of this situation, when a supposedly intelligent man, or men conspire to use the death penalty as the means to their political end.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Despite the fact that Judge Rosemary Barkett had upheld the death sentence in more than 200 cases, Senator Orrin Hatch wanted to see if she was serious enough about the death penalty.
Death Penalty Article I was amazed by the fact that both of the men running for the presidency of the United States declared in a public forum that they felt that capital punishment is a deterrent to future violent crime.
The death penalty may not be pronounced on a protected person unless the attention of the court has been particularly called to the fact that since the accused is not a national of the Occupying Power, he is not bound to it by any duty of allegiance.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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The mere fact that the death penalty has been contemplated suggests that a more spiritual society of the future will not necessarily be more tolerant of deliberate and ruthless violence than is our own.
The facts I have seen in reviewing each and every one of these cases raised questions not only about the innocence of people on death row, but about the fairness of the death penalty system as a whole.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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In certain cases, such as those involving the death penalty or in which "unusual circumstances" are charged by the district attorney, there may be a separate and subsequent portion of the trial in which the jury is to determine if the facts warrant the special punishment.
If the facts of a case legally support a request for the death penalty, the county or district attorney is required to notify the defendant that the prosecutor intends to seek capital punishment.
Anti-death penalty advocates' only response to these facts are baseless and shameful racist accusations that law enforcement officers are somehow selectively apprehending criminals based on the color of their skin.
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