61. Death Penalty Religious: Presbyterian Church (USA) Whereas, the 171st general Assembly (United Presbyterian Church1959) declared that capital punishment cannot be condoned by an interpretation of the Bible http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org/education/statements/presbyterian.html

Presbyterian Church (USA) CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Whereas, the 171st General Assembly (United Presbyterian Church-1959) declared that "capital punishment cannot be condoned by an interpretation of the Bible based upon the revelation of God’s love in Jesus Christ . . ." and "The use of the death penalty tends to brutalize the society that condones it"; the 177th General Assembly (UPC-1965) called for the abolition of the death penalty; the 106th General Assembly (Presbyterian Church U.S.-1966) proclaimed itself against the death penalty; and the 189th General Assembly (UPC-1977) called upon members to work to prevent executions of persons under sentence of death, to work against efforts to reinstate death penalty statutes, and to work for alternatives to capital punishment; and Whereas, the use of the death penalty in a representative democracy places citizens in the role of executioner: "Christians cannot isolate themselves from corporate responsibility, including responsibility for every execution, as well as for every victim" (UPC-1977); and Whereas, since between July 2, 1976, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that capital punishment "does not invariably violate the Constitution," and September 30, 1984, 38 states have approved death penalty statutes and have executed 26 persons; and

62. NCSLnet: Capital Punishment On Trial In California, Indiana and Utah, attorneys must meet general and capital case havehad only minor impact on attitudes toward capital punishment, according to http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cj/cappun.htm

Login Here Register Now To access special member content and services legislators, legislative staff and Foundation for State Legislatures sponsors must log in. ( Clear this notice.) NCSLnet Registration Help Forgotten NCSLnet Password? Criminal Justice Capital Punishment on Trial Posted May 9, 2000 Criminal Justice Program Editor's Note: This article appeared in the May 2000 issue of NCSL's magazine, State Legislatures . To order copies or to subscribe, contact the marketing department at (303) 830-2200. The press release is also online. Even though the public strongly supports the death penalty, questions are being raised about the fallibility, fairness and funding of the process. By Donna Lyons On Sept. 21, 1999, Illinois' death row doors swung open for inmate Anthony Porter after 17 years in prison. Another man had confessed to the double murder for which Porter had been convicted. Just the year before, Porter had come within a couple of days of death by lethal injection, but received a stay of execution when attorneys raised questions about his mental capacity. Following this and 12 other Illinois cases (85 nationally) in which death row inmates have been exonerated, the state became the first to suspend the death penalty pending examination of its fallibility. "Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty, until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate," Republican Governor George Ryan declared in January at a Chicago news conference. The General Assembly has earmarked $20 million for improving capital justice, and Ryan's indefinite moratorium was followed by appointment of a committee to study flaws in the system and make recommendations to remedy them.

63. Catholics Against Capital Punishment No one has been executed in the state since capital punishment was restoredin 1984. MARYLAND Attorney general J. Joseph Curran Jr.'s Jan. http://www.cacp.org/pages/585246/

Bush spurns Indiana archbishop`s plea to spare life of federal death row inmate President George W. Bush declined pleas by Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein and others asking him to grant clemency to Louis Jones, a decorated Gulf War veteran who was executed March 18 at the U.S. Penitentiary in nearby Terre Haute, Ind. Jones was the third federal death row inmate executed since the U.S. government ended a 38-year moratorium on the death penalty in June 2001. The 52-year-old Jones was a master sergeant in the Airborne Rangers before retiring from the Army in 1993 after a 22-year military career in which he earned numerous medals, badges and awards. He was convicted of a 1995 murder committed while working as a bus driver at an Air Force base in Texas. He admitted the killing and was sentenced to death later that year. POPE REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DEATH PENALTY IN "WORLD DAY OF THE SICK" STATEMENT: In a message issued to participants in the 11th World Day of the Sick ceremonies held Feb. 11 at the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Pope John Paul II once again expressed his opposition to the death penalty, by repeating the words he used in his Jan. 1999 Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in America," in Mexico City. "On the continents of North and South America," he said, "as elsewhere in the world, 'a model of society appears to be emerging in which the powerful predominate, setting aside and even eliminating the powerless: I am thinking here of unborn children, helpless victims of abortion; the elderly and incurable ill, subjected at times to euthanasia; and the many other people relegated to the margins of society by consumerism and materialism. Nor can I fail to mention the unnecessary recourse to the death penalty.... This model of society bears the stamp of the culture of death, and is therefore in opposition to the Gospel message'

64. Capital Punishment - Julia Armenta Any discussion of general deterrence must be in the contexts of norms and an analysisof the Another view of capital punishment is offered by Jerry Cederblom. http://www.macalester.edu/philosophy/capitalpun98.htm

65. Death Penalty; Capital Punishment; Ethics; Punishment There are a number of helpful types of resources available on the web thatrelate to punishment in general and capital punishment in particular. http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/DeathPenalty/

Search Punishment and the Death Penalty nalty Last updated: May 24, 2002 This site was awarded a Times Pick by the Los Angeles Times on 16-Apr-96. Selected Internet Resources on Punishment and the Death Penalty There are a number of helpful types of resources available on the web that relate to punishment in general and capital punishment in particular. These include links to court decisions, legislation, statistical information, and information about particular sites. New! Take our Ethics Survey on Punishment and the Death Penalty See Survey Results Ethics Videos "Shame, Stigma, and Punishment" Keynote Address Morality in the 21st Century October 27, 2001 University of Delaware Martha Nussbaum Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics University of Chicago "Retributive Punishment and Reconciliatory Punishment" Edward G. Lawry Philosophy Oklahoma State University The Ethics of Punishment Ethics and the Death Penalty Lawrence M. Hinman

66. Illinois Coalition Against The Death Penalty The 212th general Assembly (1998) calls for an immediate moratorium onall executions in all jurisdictions that impose capital punishment. http://www.icadp.org/page60.html

Presbytery of Chicago January 22,2002 The Honorable George Ryan, Governor State of Illinois 207 State House Springfield, IL 62706 Dear Governor Ryan: At its meeting on December 11,2001, the Presbytery of Chicago, commissioners elected from congregations and clergy, representing 109 congregations and over 42,000 members within the Chicago area. passed a RESOLUTION URGING THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The local churches echo the position of the Denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in declaring that the following: RATIONALE There is a high risk of convicting, condemning and executing the innocent. Thirteen men have been exonerated since the death penalty was reinstated in Illinois in 1977. The death penalty is applied in a random and arbitrary way. At most, just two percent of people who commit murders are convicted of capital murder. The decision to seek the death penalty varies by county and the attitude of the local prosecutors. Every year, more than l,000 homicides in Illinois are effectively addressed through Life Without The Possibility of Parole and other sentencing alternatives. The capital punishment system is racially biased.

67. Capital Punishment Examines Old Testament law and New Testament principles regarding capital punishment.Category Society Issues Death Penalty Supporting Views...... in the criminal justice system, does it likewise hold that there is discriminationwith regard to capital punishment? The US Solicitor general, in his amicus http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/cap-pun.html

Academics Humanities Social Sciences Sciences Theology ... Classes Departments Current Issues Publications Conferences/Events Apologetics ... What's New Special Interest Past Features Other Sites Help LU About LU ... Feedback Navigation Site Map Site Index Advanced Search Browsing Help ... LU Home LU Updates Receive LU-Announce Probe Ministries Capital Punishment Kerby Anderson Should Christians support the death penalty? The answer to that question is controversial. Many Christians feel that the Bible has spoken to the issue, but others believe that the New Testament ethic of love replaces the Old Testament law. Old Testament Examples Throughout the Old Testament we find many cases in which God commands the use of capital punishment. We see this first with the acts of God Himself. God was involved, either directly or indirectly, in the taking of life as a punishment for the nation of Israel or for those who threatened or harmed Israel. One example is the flood of Noah in Genesis 6-8. God destroyed all human and animal life except that which was on the ark. Another example is Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18-19), where God destroyed the two cities because of the heinous sin of the inhabitants. In the time of Moses, God took the lives of the Egyptians' first-born sons (Exod. 11) and destroyed the Egyptian army in the Red Sea (Exod. 14). There were also punishments such as the punishment at Kadesh-Barnea (Num. 13-14) or the rebellion of Korah (Num. 16) against the Jews wandering in the wilderness.

68. Office Of The Illinois Attorney General - Press Releases The Attorney general’s action challenges former Gov criminal justice reform, includingenacting muchneeded changes to the state’s capital punishment system http://www.ag.state.il.us/pressrelease/020403_c.htm

For Immediate Release Contact: Melissa Merz February 04, 2003 ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN ASKS ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS CLEMENCY ISSUES, SAYS REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM MUST MOVE FORWARD Chicago – In an effort to bring closure to serious legal questions arising from former Gov. George Ryan’s clemency actions, Attorney General Lisa Madigan today asked the Illinois Supreme Court to hear an original action addressing the clemency decisions in 34 of the more than 160 death penalty cases. The action asserts former Gov. Ryan did not have authority to grant clemency in certain cases, and even if he had, he failed to do it properly. The Attorney General’s action challenges former Gov. Ryan’s authority to commute the sentences of two categories of defendants: 21 defendants who declined to sign their clemency petitions and 16 defendants who, at the time of the commutations, were not under a death sentence due to previous court orders overturning their sentences. Three of the defendants fall into both categories. The cases of the 16 “unsentenced”defendants are currently pending in the circuit courts of 12 counties. Prior to re-sentencing these defendants, the circuit courts must address numerous legal questions concerning the impact of the commutations on the unsentenced defendants. To avoid inconsistent rulings from the lower courts and promote prompt resolution of these significant constitutional questions, Madigan is asking the Supreme Court to hear this matter and rule on the validity of former Gov. Ryan’s commutations.

69. WHAT BELONGS TO HUMAN RIGHTS? Those who are opposed to the use of capital punishment give the following counterargument capital punishment is not an effective general preventive tool. http://www.ykliitto.fi/ourcomhr/21whatbe.html

What Belongs to Human Rights? The Right To Life The right to life is the most fundamental of human rights. If the right to life is not protected other human rights lose their relevance. As a human right, the right to life means, first and foremost, the prohibition directed against the state and public authorities in general to illegally or arbitrarily kill people. Secondly, the right to life also presupposes legislative and other measures that can, for example, be used to create a protective system against violence between individuals and to set up a functioning health care system. Capital Punishment According to most human rights experts capital punishment is always morally wrong. Even in the case of the most hardened serial killer, a moral violation takes place when a court of justice, a prison official and often also a doctor take part in the intentional killing of an individual. One common justification for the use of capital punishment is its individual preventive effect. When a person guilty of serious crimes is executed it is certain that he/she will not repeat the crimes. Those who are opposed to the use of capital punishment give the following counter argument: capital punishment is not an effective general preventive tool. In the societies where capital punishment is being used it does not eliminate serious offences, in fact it does quite the contrary. It may serve to sustain a brutalising atmosphere. In addition to this, the argument concerning the individual preventive effect of capital punishment is questionable. In some cases the threat of capital punishment may drive the offender to extreme acts in trying avoid getting caught.

70. Insert Page Title In a report to President Clinton in September of 2000, thenAttorney general JanetReno noted that with regard to capital punishment in the federal system, in http://www.leaa.org/deathpenaltytestimony.html

June 13th, 2001 Testimony of Law Enforcement Alliance of America Executive Director, James J. Fotis before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights Chairman Feingold, Members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights; On behalf of the more than 65,000 members and supporters of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, I respectfully submit the following testimony as the position of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) with respect to capital punishment in the United States and questions as to possible racial disparities in such sentencing. The Law Enforcement Alliance of America has long been a firm believer in the importance of capital punishment as a critical part of America's criminal justice system. This sentence is held out for those extremely horrific and rare cases that warrant such profound punishment. Capital punishment in America is a rarely exercised discretion saved for the most heinous of crimes. Those guilty of such crimes and sentenced to capital punishment have the greatest protections of due process and appeal. Our justice system is second to none in protections afforded the accused. The right to remain silent, the right of counsel provided by the state and the right to a jury of one's peers with sentences subject to extensive appeal are just some of the careful measures that make our justice system the most sensitive and protective in the world. No nation does more to protect the rights of the accused.

71. Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook Office of the Circuit Executive Ninth Circuit capital PunishmentHandbook 4.1 general Due Process Concerns. In Gardner v. Florida http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/sdocuments.nsf/3779242195bb2339882568480080d277/

72. Death Row and based on that precedential decision, the Colorado general Assembly revised the tobe executed by the current method of capital punishment, lethal injection http://www.doc.state.co.us/DeathRow/DeathRow.htm

Capital Punishment In Colorado The following information is provided by the Office of Public Affairs. Capital Punishment History Current Death Row Roster Location of Death Row and Execution Room Security ... State Archives History of Capital Punishment in Colorado The first person to be executed by the State of Colorado was convicted murderer Noverto Griego in 1890. Executions were performed by hanging until 1933, after which capital punishment was administered by the gas chamber until 1967. A total of 77 executions were performed between 1890 and 1967. Subsequently thereto, the death penalty was declared unconstitutional in 1972 by the United States Supreme Court in Furman v. Georgia . That case was overturned by the Supreme Court in the case of Gregg v. Georgia in 1976, and based on that precedential decision, the Colorado General Assembly revised the statutes to reinstate the death penalty for capital crimes in 1984. On October 13, 1997, 53-year-old Gary Lee Davis was the state’s first execution in 30 years and the first to be executed by the current method of capital punishment, lethal injection. Back to top Current Death Row Roster The State of Colorado currently has the following inmates on death row: Robert Harlan DOC# 87424 Convicted in 1995 for the murder of a casino waitress and attempted murder of a woman who came to her aid Nathan Dunlap DOC# 89148 Convicted in 1996 for the murder of four employees at an Aurora Chuck E Cheese’s restaurant

73. Death Penalty Links Comprehensive list of links compiled by the Derechos human rights project.Category Society Issues Death Penalty Directories...... Mining Co capital punishment Links; punishment and the Death Penalty Ethics Update;Reckoning the Death Penalty - general info on the DP; Southern Center for http://www.derechos.org/dp/

No Frames At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. It has been abolished de jure or de facto by 106 nations, 30 countries have abolished it since 1990. However, the death penalty continues to be commonly applied in other nations. China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United States and Iran are the most prolific executioners in the world. Indeed, the US is one of six countries (including also Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) which executes people who were under 18 years-old at the time they committed their crimes. While international documents have restricted and in some cases even banned the death penalty, its application is still not against customary international law. Much debate continues in the US as to whether it constitutes an appropriate punishment, at least to the most heinous crimes. In recent years, the debate has been further fueled by the use of new technologies which have shown that a large proportion of people sentenced to death are, indeed, innocent. News Facts Law General Websites ... Videos News The Death House - DP news Facts List of Countries that have the death penalty Statistics on the DP in America Law A Capital Defender's Toolbox - Legal resources, jurisprudence and more.

74. Capital Punishment: Deserved And Wrong Opposition to capital punishment need not be sentimental, lenient compatible withviews of punishment harsher than but whether one's general attitude concerning http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=116

75. LIS Home LIS Help Privacy Statment Live Help General Assembly Beyond the question of race, there is a general concern that the small Supportersof the Commonwealth's system of capital punishment suggest that many of the http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/_2d0j76p3fcdpg_.nsf/d035e5a60132441d85256b0a0063ec73

76. Capital Case Commission - Final Report December 31,2002 Summary I. Introduction to the Attorney general's capital Case Commission, 1. The CommissionMembership. 1. II. capital punishment in Arizona, 3. History. 3. The capital Case. http://www.ag.state.az.us/CCC/FinalReport.html

Office of the Attorney General State of Arizona Capital Case Commission Final Report Janet Napolitano Attorney General Capital Case Commission - Final Report December 31,2002 Summary of Recommendations iii I. Introduction to the Attorney General's Capital Case Commission The Commission Membership II. Capital Punishment in Arizona History The Capital Case Trial Process 1. Guilt Phase 2. Sentencing Phase Appeals Process 1. Direct Appeal 2. Post-Conviction Relief 3. Federal Habeas Corpus Execution 1. Competency to be Executed 2. Clemency III. Attorney General's Capital Case Commission The Subcommittees 1. Data research Subcommittee 2. Pretrial Issues Subcommittee 3. Trial Issues Subcommittee 3. Direct Appeal/PCR Subcommittee The Interim Report IV. Commission Deliberations and Recommendations 1. Capital Litigation Resources Legislation 2. Audio or Video Recording of Interviews 3. Minimum Age for Capital Punishment 4. Mental Retardation 5. Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty Under Ariz. R. Crim. P. 15.1(g)(1) 6. Selection of Capital Cases

77. Paragraph Development And Topic Sentences Once again, no sentence in this paragraph (to the left) is completely irrelevantto the general topic (capital punishment), but the specific focus of this http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm

Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences A typical expository paragraph starts with a controlling idea or claim, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. Paragraph sprawl occurs when digressions are introduced into an otherwise focused and unified discussion. Digressions and deviations often come in the form of irrelevant details or shifts in focus. Irrelevant Details No sentence is completely irrelevant to the general topic of this paragraph (the cherry tree), but the sentences Behind the yard was an alley and then more houses and My mother always worried about my falling out of the tree, but I never did do not develop the specific idea in the first sentence: enjoyment of the cherry tree. Shift in Focus It is a fact that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. Statistics show that in states with capital punishment, murder rates are the same or almost the same as in states without capital punishment. It is also true that it is more expensive to put a person on death row than in life imprisonment because of the costs of maximum security. Unfortunately, capital punishment has been used unjustly.

78. Jokes 123India.com 123india.com Jokes general capital punishment, http://jokes.123india.com/general/99628839176758.html

Jokes Home 123India.com Premium Membership Email ... Feedback Click here Send flowers online Florist 123India.com Jokes 123India.com Home CORP MAIL PREMIUM SERVICES Email Home Pages My Page FREE SERVICES: Address Book AllMail Bookmarks Calendar Notepad Profiles CHANNELS: Chat Clubs Cricket Events Finance Games Gifts Greetings Horoscopes Jobs Jokes Love and Romance Matrimonials Message Boards Movies Music News Newspaper Headlines NRIs Search Shopping Sports Timezone Weather Main Categories Ajit Desi General Profession ... Sports Post a Joke Post a Joke and get featured New User Sign-Up Search for Jokes Jokes Special What's New Top 20 Random Jokes One Liners ... Jokes General Capital punishment Posted by : on 28/7/2001 Rate this joke Mrs. Hunter was called to serve for jury duty, but asked to be excused because she didn't believe in capital punishment and didn't want her personal feelings prevent justice from running its proper course. But the public defender liked her thoughtfulness, and tried to convince her that she should serve on the jury. 'Madam,' he explained, 'This is not a murder trial! It's a simple civil lawsuit. A wife is bringing this case against her husband because he gambled away the $21,000 he had promised to use to remodel the kitchen for her birthday.' 'Well, okay,' agreed Mrs. Hunter. 'I'll serve. I suppose I could be wrong about capital punishment after all!'

79. Wfn.org | National Church Bodies Share Historic Opposition To Death A Resolution to Abolish capital punishment, adopted by the United Church ofChrist's 7th general Synod, July 2, 1969, in Boston, reads Whereas the http://www.wfn.org/1998/01/msg00088.html

From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org National church bodies share historic opposition to death From "Barb Powell"< powellb@ucc.org Date 26 Jan 1998 05:45:44 Browse month Browse month (sort by Source) WFN Home

80. The Economics Of Capital Punishment The capital punishment Quagmire in America, Keith Harries and Derral Cheatwood 1997p.6). Figures from the general Accounting Office are close to these results. http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html

This thesis is meant to stimulate debate. Please send comments or an antithesis to: Phil Porter phporter@mindspring.com The Economics of Capital Punishment Contention: Sentencing a prisoner to life in prison is a better allocation of resources than sentencing him to be executed. First I'll present figures representing the dollar costs of capital punishment versus life in prison/no parole. Then I'll discuss the deterrent effect as the only legitimate rational justification for capital punishment. Then I'll discuss the externalities of capital punishment. A Duke University study found... "The death penalty costs North Carolina $2.16 million per execution over the costs of a non-death penalty murder case with a sentence of imprisonment for life." ( The costs of processing murder cases in North Carolina / Philip J. Cook, Donna B. Slawson ; with the assistance of Lori A. Gries. [Durham, NC] : Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 1993.) "The death penalty costs California $90 million annually beyond the ordinary costs of the justice system - $78 million of that total is incurred at the trial level." (Sacramento Bee, March 18, 1988).

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