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Spying on US too?
http://swfreedomlover.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 10/ 10/ spying-on-us-too/We keep hearing about the threat from Terrorists. We keep being told that the reason we are put through hell at the airports is to keep us safe. We keep hearing that the government needs to be able to freely monitor our phone calls, emails, internet usage all in the name of National Security.
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World Day Against the Death Penalty
http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/ death-penalty/ archive/ 2008/ 10/ 10/ world-day-aga…Today is the fifth annual World Day Against the Death Penalty. Every October 10 for the past six years, abolitionists from across the globe rally to oppose capital punishment and enforce the idea that abolition is a global struggle.
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New ACS paper on racial disparities in the death penalty
http://sentencing.typepad.com/ sentencing_law_and_policy/ 2008/ 10/ new-acs-pape…A new issue brief from the American Constitution Society authored by Scott Phillips addresses disparities in the modern administration of capital punishment. The paper is titled, "Racial Disparities in Capital Punishment: Blind Justice Requires a Blindfold," and is available at this link.
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New ACS paper on racial disparities in the death penalty
http://sentencing.typepad.com/ sentencing_law_and_policy/ 2008/ 10/ new-acs-pape…A new issue brief from the American Constitution Society authored by Scott Phillips addresses disparities in the modern administration of capital punishment. The paper is titled, "Racial Disparities in Capital Punishment: Blind Justice Requires a Blindfold," and is available at this link.
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1911: Several revolutionaries on Double Ten Day
http://www.executedtoday.com/ 2008/ 10/ 10/ 1911-xinhai-revolution-double-ten-da…On the tenth day of the tenth month — Double Ten Day, as it has since been remembered in China and the Chinese diaspora — the quick execution of a few revolutionaries signaled the surprising end of China’s 2,000-year-old imperial government.
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Surveillance Powers Abused
http://www.chrisweigant.com/ index.php/ 2008/ 10/ 09/ surveillance-powers-abused…Surveillance Powers Abused [ Posted Thursday, October 9th, 2008 – 18:11 PDT ] Two stories from the "power corrupts" department appeared this week, one on the state level and one on the federal level. Both just go to show, once again, that whenever sweeping surveillance powers are granted to those in
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Old Time Death Sentences Were Crude At Best
http://bloggeron.net/ old-time-death-sentences-were-crude-at-best/Old Time Death Sentences Were Crude At Best A capital offence is diffeent today then in the past, you even get an alchol swab of the injection site now compared to past executions of outright cruelty.
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Do we forgive?
http://smoketalk.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 10/ 10/ do-we-forgive/The release of Claudio Teehankee Jr. certainly kicked up a shit-storm, dint it? Now, whether it was clemency or his sentence ran out, I think the reaction would not have been different. In the end, it’s not how he got released that really matters.
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No Stay for Cooey
http://blogs.dixcdn.com/ capitalblog/ ?p=5159From the Summit County Prosecutor: (Akron) … “With the Ohio Supreme Court’s denial of Richard Cooey’s motion for a stay of execution, we are one step closer to putting an end to his 22-year legal battle,” Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh said. “We are still awaiting a decision from the U.S.
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10/10: Progress
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 10/ 1010-progress.htmlToday, October 10, is the world day against the death penalty, the day we highlight the global struggle against capital punishment. So, how is that struggle going? Slowly, but it is making progress. Since the last world day against the death penalty, three countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes: the Cook Islands, Uzbekistan and Argentina.
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