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Forum to focus on reinstating death penalty
Chetek Alert - WI, United States
... an upcoming advisory referendum that will appear on the November ballot concerning the State of Wisconsin and the possibility of reinstating the death penalty. ...

Death penalty being invoked against child molesters
Frost Illustrated - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
NEW YORK (NNPA)- Politicians in primarily southern US states have passed laws that expand the use of the death penalty to include repeat child sex offenders- a ...

Same-sex marriage ban, death penalty await voters
Spooner Advocate - Spooner,WI,USA
... November’s ballot includes two referenda: one imposing a death penalty and one prohibiting any recognition of the validity of a marriage between persons ...

Appeal heard in federal death penalty case
Boston Globe - United States
Lawyers for convicted killer Gary Lee Sampson urged an appeals court today to toss out his federal death penalty sentence, arguing that jurors rendered "an ...

Public defenders look for death penalty help
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
... Public defenders must have a special certification to handle death penalty cases. The New Orleans office, severely depleted of attorneys ...

Death-penalty reform falls short in Va., study finds
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... Washington Jr.," who was pardoned as a result of DNA testing in 2000, said Jack Payden-Travers, director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. ...