Sentences with phrase «abolish the death penalty for»

During the same year Parliament abolished the death penalty for picking pockets, but more than 200 crimes remained punishable by death.

Britain certainly prevailed upon the Hong Kong authorities, in the 1970s, to abolish the death penalty for murder, and it drew protests from the then colony.

Within six lines, the Act had moved on to abolishing the death penalty for treason and piracy.

Not exact matches

The death penalty should be abolished not for religious reasons (also religious people seem to approve of the dath penalty — which to me makes no sense) but because every person who is killed is one less set of DNA to be passed on to succeeding generations, and who knows what those wasted genes could mean for the future of the species?

You'll notice, for instance, that he's not out there campaigning on an «abolish the death penalty» platform.

In Nebraska, the death penalty had not been used for nearly two decades and then was abolished last year.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

I'm on board with talking about grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love, and I'm open to prudential arguments for abolishing the death penalty in the U.S..

Hillary Clinton said she doesn't support abolishing the death penalty but would like to see it used more judiciously, another point of contrast with the most liberal members of her party and with her nearest rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The European rejection of the death penalty, which advocates of abolishing the death penalty in the United States cite as evidence of an emerging international consensus that ought to influence our Supreme Court, is related both to the past overuse of it by European nations (think of the executions for petty larceny in eighteenth - century England, the Reign of Terror in France, and the rampant employment of the death penalty by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) and to the less democratic cast of European politics, which makes elite opinion more likely to override public opinion there than in the United States [emboldening mine].

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States today called for a halt to the impending execution of Troy Davis, scheduled for September 21 in Georgia, and cited the case an example of why the death penalty must be abolished.

In 1977, New York's highest court effectively struck down the death penalty for the murder of a police officer or a correctional officer, and a 1984 ruling struck down capital punishment for murders committed by inmates serving life sentences, effectively abolishing New York's death penalty.

«Chris King says his «bold and progressive» plan as governor now includes abolishing the death penalty and legalizing recreational marijuana» via Mitch Perry of WMNF — Labeling it as «incredibly bold,» Democratic gubernatorial candidate King unveiled a criminal reform package on Tuesday that included a call to end the death penalty and full support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Florida.

For example, you may argue against death penalty and provide reasons why you think it should be abolished.

In his tenure, he delivered education reform, abolished the death penalty in Illinois, improved nursing - home conditions for the elderly, legalized civil unions, walked across the state in support of decent health care for all citizens, proposed historic tax reform for working families, and prioritized animal welfare.

In his tenure, he delivered education reform, abolished the death penalty in Illinois, improved nursing - home conditions for the elderly, legalized civil unions, and prioritized animal welfare.

«Do you think it would make any difference if the ABA were to change its neutral position and come out for abolishing the death penalty?»

In the CLE session, sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section, Stubbs walked the audience through the current state of the death penalty in the United States, how racial discrimination affects who is sentenced to death, and how the diminished use of the death penalty could form the basis for a future Supreme Court decision abolishing it entirely.

And it's dawned on me that the report fails to mention what might be the strongest argument for a state to abolish the death penalty: the modern broad applicability of the federal death penalty.

This month, learn more about criminal defence and why abolishing the death penalty is a movement we should be advocating for.