Sentences with phrase «opposes death penalty»

The number of death sentences imposed during 2009 was 106, down from 111 the year before, 284 a decade ago, and a high of 328 in 1994, according to a year - end report published today by the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that opposes the death penalty.

«Genarlow Wilson state habeas appeal update Main LA Times opposes death penalty for child rape for intriguing reason»

The Catholic Church opposes the death penalty in nearly all cases.

Adele Welty, who lost her son on Sept. 11, says she opposes the death penalty — «even though it's a big hill to climb in this particular case.»

Like Cuomo, Duffy supports abortion rights and gay marriage and opposes the death penalty.

That meant attorneys had the hard task of selecting jurors without significant ties to the marathon or too much knowledge of the crime — on top of ones who didn't already oppose the death penalty.

For example, jurors who oppose the death penalty will most likely acknowledge they wouldn't impose a capital sentence.

Moreover, prosecutors pursuing capital cases won't allow jurors who oppose the death penalty.

But I do not oppose the death penalty in quite the way he means, for I noted that one can imagine in certain extreme cases the need for executions in the order of social justice.

A genuine ally of unborn life, they might say, should also oppose the death penalty.

(This is why, the more i study God's word; the more I oppose the death penalty).

However, your organization, and most Christian progressives, oppose the death penalty, but support legal abortion.

In Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and It's Killing Us, Claiborne argues that all Christians should oppose the death penalty in the United States.

Former Justice Powell opposed the death penalty, but still participated in cases involving the death penalty.

I am entirely pro-life, which means I oppose both the legal infanticide we now practice and I oppose the death penalty, being more along the lines of «he who is without sin cast the first stone.»

His reputation as a moderniser was criticised by those who remember how, as Minister, he failed to oppose the death penalty of Julián Grimau (a communist leader accused of crimes during the civil war), as well as his failure to publicly decry the murder of Enrique Ruano, a student killed whilst under arrest (and the subsequent publication of Ruano's private diaries to portrait him as someone with mental problems).

Oppose the death penalty citing racial bias, failure to deter crime, widespread errors, and humanitarian objections.

In October 2011, Cuomo insisted he wasn't going to budge on the issue, comparing it to his father's stance opposing the death penalty, which was unpopular at the time.

The humanity that fueled his greatest speeches — and was the foundation of his unshakable principles, like staunchly opposing the death penalty — was also what kept Cuomo from reaching higher.

When Cuomo, a devout Catholic, spoke at the University of Notre Dame, he set the model for progressive Democrats who championed assistance for the poor and might oppose the death penalty but rejected the Catholic church's rigid position against abortion.

The fact that European governments continue to fund these hardline practices while claiming they oppose the death penalty is a costly and untenable hypocrisy.»

The video presents a segment from the «Fred Dicker Show» where Murphy defended his position opposing the death penalty in all cases, while images of the 9/11 attackers flash on screen.

Ellwood responds: «I have made it very clear that we oppose the death penalty and we have continued to engage at the highest levels.

He has supported women's rights, LGBT rights, the middle class, opposed the death penalty and supported education reforms.

«Capital Punishment, Fatally Flawed» An editorial from the Baltimore Sun opposing the death penalty.

My personal beliefs never got in the way in defending him, first because there is some evidence suggesting that the police dumped several unsolved homicides on him and second because I oppose the death penalty in all cases.

Even after the recent election, public officials can continue to oppose the death penalty by questioning whether its day - to - day practices are compatible with central American values, like due process and equal treatment...

LM beliefs never got in the way in defending him, first because there is some evidence suggesting that the police dumped several unsolved homicides on him and second because I oppose the death penalty in all cases.

Not exact matches

In the city of the attack, in a state that majorly opposes (and outlaws) the death penalty, the remaining jury pool looks rather tiny.

There are a lot of people who are opposed to the death penalty not because they think no one ever deserves to die for their crimes, but because they think the government shouldn't have the power to hand out such a punishment, even when that punishment is justified.

Death - penalty cases, including Tsarnaev's, typically exclude jurors who are ideologically opposed to capital punishment.

As Stuart Banner explores in his book The Death Penalty: An American History, one of the earliest American - made capital statutes — as opposed to ones borrowed from England — was passed in New York in the aftermath of a 1712 slave revolt.

Spartanburg attorney Michael Morin, who opposed Gowdy in a death penalty case and later worked for him in the prosecutor's office, said Gowdy excelled at appealing to a jury's emotions.

In death penalty cases, lawyers are allowed to dismiss any juror who is opposed to the death penalty,» UCLA law professor Adam Winkler told Business Insider in an email message.

I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.

However, the Chinese people oppose abolishing the death penalty because they see it as a way to punish corrupt officials, Muqing says.

For all my well - intentioned advocacy against the death penalty, I'm not certain I'd oppose it if the person on death row had killed my mother or my sister or my husband.

I remember a conversation I had with a Hindu co-worker who thought Christianity was opposed to the death penalty and I had to explain to him there were two basically two views on it.

By contrast, and when analysed by attendance, «frequent - attenders» (many of whom will, of course, be Anglicans) have been consistently and significantly more opposed to the death penalty over the last ten years than people who never attend a religious service.

Those supporting Leave are more likely to oppose gay marriage and abortion, and to support the death penalty.

«I remember a number of issues in the past where there was strong public support — the death penalty — the speaker opposed it... It's not about governing from the polls, it's about doing what you think is the correct thing to do.»

Cenedella, described by an adviser as a lifelong Republican who favors limits on legalized abortion, opposes gay marriage and backs the death penalty, is in ongoing talks about his candidacy with E. O'Brien Murray, a GOP consultant who managed Bob Turner's stunning victory in the special election for the Brooklyn / Queens congressional seat left vacant by Anthony Weiner's resignation in June.

Support for the death penalty tends to be strongest amongst Conservative voters, but Labour supporters also tend to be more likely than not to support it (Liberal Democrats tend to oppose).

He is considered a rightwinger within the party on some issues, having once supported the death penalty and opposed gay adoption, but willing to work on a cross-party basis with liberals and human rights groups who are concerned about privacy and surveillance.

«Non-violence is one of the Green Party's Key Values and the Green Party has unconditionally opposed capital punishment since the party started,» said Don Macleay, an Oakland Green City Council candidate who has been working to end the death penalty for years.

While I endorse this article's opinions and am opposed to the death penalty, I must disagree with the editors» statement that «scientific protocols for executions can not be established, because killing animal subjects for no reason other than to see what kills them best would clearly be unethical.»

It can be hard to imagine that the average movie - goer is strongly opposed to the death penalty, given that a death sentence of one form or another is traditionally the silver screen's way of disposing with the ne'er - do - wells of this world.

When one woman, whose father is on death row, attends an anti-death penalty meeting, she meets a woman (Mara) on the opposing side of the political quandary and the two start an unlikely romance.

The Art Party is opposed to the death penalty and supports women's rights.

I have always been opposed to the death penalty in all cases, and I have always supported the clear and consistent stand of Amnesty International on this issue.