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Article: DEATH PENALTY FOES RAP ASHCROFT SEEN TO BE ...
The Boston Globe;  September 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Critics of the federal death penalty have accused US Attorney General ... in a bid to "nationalize" the death penalty. The criticism came this week ... s endorsement, will seek the death penalty for two Dorchester gang members ...

Article: The death penalty.(arguments for and against ...
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  April 3, 1995 ;     700+ words ...ALBANY, N.Y. - The death penalty . . . Is it justice - or legalized ... capital punishment, or the death penalty, is a step backward to a more ... state since 1976 to impose the death penalty. For 12 years, New York state ...

Article: Death penalty debate coming up in Legislature.
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  January 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... debate on abolishing Nebraska's death penalty in many years. Judiciary Committee ... wants to send a proposal to repeal the death penalty to the full Legislature. While he supports the death penalty, Ashford said repeal should be discussed ...

Article: DEATH PENALTY FEVER RISES FROM PARANOIA, NOT FACTS ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  August 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... so many Californians swear that the death penalty is a panacea for murder and mayhem ... criminals. The other reason for the death penalty mania is privately whispered: race ... representation. Needless to say, the death penalty is almost never given to Mafia hit ...

Article: DEATH PENALTY TIPS THE SCALES OF JUSTICE TOWARD ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... become convinced that the ways that the death penalty have been unfairly applied have been ... Prosecutors in her case pressed hard for the death penalty. Jurors instead sentenced the 37 ... that exposes just how thoroughly the death penalty has eroded our system of justice ...

Article: DEATH PENALTY AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Bush are strong supporters of the death penalty, the related controversies could make ... the political dynamics linked to the death penalty could create meaningful differences ... to be portrayed as being against the death penalty, which is akin to being soft on crime ...

Article: Death penalty cases get closer look Poll: ...
Dayton Daily News;  May 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... prosecutors to consider seeking the death penalty, they send a letter to the defense ... them that we are considering it as a death-penalty case, and we are seeking information ... have that would mitigate against the death penalty." That procedure, coupled with the ...