GOP-controlled Legislature in position to reconsider death penalty...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Legislature in position to reconsider death penalty Debate over lifting 150-year ban could...year: the state's 150-year ban on the death penalty. Recalling the Washington-area sniper...will introduce a bill to establish a death penalty by lethal injection "only for the hard-co...

Death Penalty Opposition Seen as Impolitic in '92; Strong Public Backing...

The Washington Post;  April 22, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Support for the death penalty has become so strong that liberal...nominate somebody against the death penalty and . . . be viable," said Stephen...prominent Democrats to oppose the death penalty. Interviewed after yesterday's...

MOST CANDIDATES WRONG ON DEATH PENALTY.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 1, 2008 ;     655 words ...Byline: John Nichols The death penalty is a ridiculously ineffective and...Republican presidential nominations are death penalty supporters - or, perhaps even more objectionably, they are death penalty apologists. One candidate, Mike Huckabee...

The Death Penalty -- Not in the District

The Washington Post;  June 15, 1997 ;     622 words ...The death penalty is not a solution to the District...by The Post found support for the death penalty, it was a flawed poll because it...included in other polls, support for the death penalty dropped dramatically. In addition...

Death penalty ban to stay until session

Capital (Annapolis);  August 23, 2007 ;     629 words ......O'Malley reiterated his opposition to the death penalty yesterday, saying he won't move forward...victims alike because it leaves the death penalty in limbo. Legislation to ban the death penalty will be introduced this session. He...

READERS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY.(SPECTRUM)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ...TODAY'S TOPIC DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM VOTERS IN WISCONSIN...WHETHER THEY SUPPORT REINSTATING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLERS CONVICTED USING DNA...fine for 153 years without the death penalty. Too many innocents are wrongfully...

Myths pervade death-penalty debate

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......are three common misconceptions about the death penalty. Opponents of the death penalty have forcefully and consistently argued...execution is not a deterrent, support for the death penalty is weakening and that innocent people have...

Bill's Book: Death penalty an anachronism in the West

New Pittsburgh Courier;  September 6, 2000 ;     602 words ...Bill's Book: Death penalty an anachronism in the West Bud Welch is opposed to the death penalty. But please don't accuse him of harboring...sympathy for the killer. He's heard many death penalty supporters accuse opponents of that sin...

3D ESSEX RACE REVIVES DEATH PENALTY ISSUE 2 DEMOCRATS TAKE OPPOSING...

The Boston Globe;  April 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ...HAVERHILL - Even as the death penalty appears to be fading as a political...An ardent opponent of the death penalty, Early says he plans to take...decision in 1997 to support the death penalty after previously opposing it...

DEBATE BROILING ON DEATH PENALTY.(FRONT)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Kalk Derby The Capital Times Two pro-death penalty Wisconsin legislators are dismayed...death row over the weekend, calling the death penalty process arbitrary and capricious, and...immoral. In the largest setback for the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...

Norton Assails Reno Over Death Penalty; Starbucks Case Decision Reignites...

The Washington Post;  February 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ......General Janet Reno's decision to seek the death penalty against the suspect in the Starbucks...representatives. The D.C. Council repealed the death penalty in 1981, and District voters overwhelmingly...without equivocation that this is not a death penalty jurisdiction. Did she take ...

Dobmeyer: 'Death penalty is America's shame'

Chicago Defender;  July 26, 2000 ;     625 words ...Dobmeyer: `Death penalty is America's shame' The controversial and "politically-incorrect" death penalty is America's shame that is causing...Dobmeyer said Tuesday. Calling the death penalty "troublesome" in a nation that's the...

Imperfect death penalty state-backed retribution

Oakland Tribune;  June 6, 2004 ;     696 words ...IS IT POSSIBLE to have a foolproof death penalty system? Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney...commission with drafting an infallible death penalty. The commission recently made its results...is perhaps possible to believe that death penalty utopia is achievable. But a perfect...

DEATH-PENALTY LAWS CHANGED GIVING BALANCE NOT ENOUGH: OPPONENT SAYS NEW...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  June 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Supreme Court pulled the plug on the death penalty, calling it unconstitutional. At the...the court said. Existing American death-penalty laws were unfair and inconsistent...response, states began to rewrite their death-penalty laws, seeking the court's support...

Edgar Exploits Netsch Death Penalty Stand

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 26, 1994 ;     537 words ...The death penalty is Gov. Edgar's lethal weapon. By...Clark Netsch's opposition to the death penalty, Edgar has defined his Democratic...indicated that Illinois voters favor the death penalty. Edgar's commercials that have portrayed...