Sentences with phrase «death penalty call»

Opponents of the death penalty call us bloodthirsty, but we are fighting for human dignity and justice.

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They refused, and Richard Kammen — a death - penalty expert who has represented Nashiri for 10 of the 15 years he's been in custody — called Spath's travel order «illegal,» according to the Herald.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday called again for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against drug traffickers who cause overdose deaths.

Virgin Unite, Richard and the Global Commission on Drug Policy call for the abolition of the death penalty for drug offences, and ultimately for all offences.

But, as Cardinal Dulles argued, to bar a priest from publicly celebrating the Mass and administering the sacraments is to rob him of his sacred calling, his lifelong identity, his good reputation, and his sole means of support — effectively a death penalty.

We should be the last people calling for the death penalty because we have a God who died on a cross to save us from death!

There are passages in which God calls for the death penalty, including Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12 - 14, Numbers 35:30 and Deuteronomy 17:6, Wegener said.

The member of the Ugandan Parliament behind a controversial «anti-gay» bill that would call for stiff penalties against homosexuality - including life imprisonment and the death penalty - says that the bill will become law «soon.»

Of course, Jesus cautioned the adulterous woman not to continue her adulterous behavior, the penalty was death by stoning and she might not be fortunate enough to have someone around with the courage to call out her accusers should she be found out again.

«Judge Jones used what I would call moral language in praising the death penalty as a means to help people come to terms with the crime they committed.»

Algonquin Books, 304 pp Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning.

The Bible says that the penalty for working on the Sabbath is death, yet it mearly calls laying with a man as with a woman detestable or an abomination, depending on which translation you choose.

In his address to Congress, he supported the bishops in their calls for the abolition of the death penalty.

7a)[states] that a Sanhedrin that kills (gives the death penalty) once in seven years (R. Eleazer b. Azariah said: once in 70 years) is called «bloody» (ḥovlanit, the term «ḥovel» generally implying a type of injury in which there is blood).»

Christians should be the hardest people in the world to convince that violence is ever necessary, not the people leading the war drums and calling for the death penalty.

Given the high incidence of HIV, Soering calls this «the death penalty on the installment plan.»

A better reason for hesitation» a reason that will remind us what is troubling about the death penalty without calling into question the appropriateness of punishment more generally» is one closely related to Dulles» concern, yet slightly different.

This article is adapted from a chapter of A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty, edited by John Carlson, Eric Elshtain, and Erik Owens, to be published this fall by Eerdmans.

When Janet Reno called for the death penalty, we had to face facts; we were a divided family.

Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning.

Case in point, the literal death penalty's effectiveness in curbing bad behavior has been called into question, to the point where 19 states have banned it outright (https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/study-88-criminologists-do-not-believe-death-penalty-effective-deterrent).

But it was the home side that opened the scoring right at the death of half - time, through a fortuitous penalty call, as Rashford going down in controversial fashion — led Rooney to converting the penalty to score his fourth of the campaign and second in as many games.

Since AJOG has not managed to lobby strong enough to manage to pass a law calling for the death penalty or at least jail time for homebirth, they must resort to quoting the Daily Mail.

Can not help but wonder if Cadet Bonespurs call for death penalty for «drug dealers» will be applied to the pharmaceutical companies that intentionally cause high levels of addiction based upon their greed?

Arron Banks spoke out after last night's leadership hustings during which one candidate called for the death penalty for paedophiles, but not if the child «looked 18».

Stakeholders, particularly Parliamentarians, religious leaders and the media have been asked to add their voice on Amnesty International's call on the abolition of death penalty in Ghana.

In the wake of the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that resulted in numerous injuries and the death of one anti-racist protester, Cuomo called for higher penalties for New Yorkers who incite, or participate in, a riot.

She reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari's calls to Nigerians to avoid crimes like drug peddling which attracts stiff penalties, sometimes death.

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.

«Theresa May moved yesterday to damp down calls for a return of the death penalty after the murder of Manchester policewomen Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone.

Guterres also called for transparency from states where the death penalty is legal, asking them to let lawyers do their job.

United Nations Secretary - General Antonio Guterres called for an end to the death penalty Tuesday, insisting it has «no place in the 21st century.»

In the said article, Professor Emmanuel Victor Dankwah, Chairman of the so called Constitution Review Implementation Committee, is reported to have addressed a forum in Kumasi where he explained that Ghanaians will answer questions on the death penalty during an upcoming referendum.

«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.

Labeling it as «incredibly bold,» Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King unveiled a criminal justice reform package on Tuesday that included a call to end the death penalty and full support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Florida.

«The impact of such heinous criminals being sentenced in such a short space of time can not only be measured in column inches but in the fact that this precipitated calls for the return of the death penalty.

Things like prison privatization and the death penalty are in his crosshairs as he's traveling the state calling for their elimination.

Lewis also called into question Robach's votes against marriage equality and the Dream Act, and his support for the death penalty.

Conventional wisdom holds that such a penalty, called debarment, is a death sentence for an academic researcher.

The film says Donald Trump was among those who rushed to judgement, taking out full - page newspaper ads calling for New York to reinstate the death penalty.

There had been a rush to judgment at the time of the trial which had the boys tried and convicted in the court of public opinion by everyone from Mayor Koch to Donald Trump who called for the death penalty in a full page ad in the New York Times.

At intervals, the film cuts away to news footage of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, the Rodney King beating, Bill Clinton (signing the «three strikes» 1994 crime bill), and New York Governor George Pataki calling for reinstitution of the death penalty.

A man sits on death row, convicted of kidnapping Tessa and killing the other victims, the so - called Black - Eyed Susans — but an anti-death penalty lawyer and an eminent forensic scientist aren't convinced that he's guilty.

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Whiting said he made the ad out of gratitude, and says he hopes it will «humanize» a woman the New York Times called «America's deadliest D.A.» because of how often she sought the death penalty.

University of Graz Responds to Parncutt's calls for death penalty for «deniers» -LRB--RRB- 2012-12-27).

Readers may recall that Parncutt used SkS as a reference in his essay calling for the death penalty.

I hope to point out those mistakes — which are broader and deeper than just calling for your political opponents to face the death penalty — below.

Which side has failed to stop its partisans from calling for crimes - against - humanity trials and even the death penalty?

Not long ago a University of Graz Professor called for the death penalty for scientists who did not agree with the visions of alarmist climate scientists, who have dominated the media and public scene with scare stories of super-storms and Biblical sea level rise for 15 years.