Sentences with phrase «practice of death sentence»

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However, the case of an Iranian woman being sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has lead many to criticize the Muslim faith for its practices.

Nearly 10 years after Cuomo, a staunch opponent of the death penalty, had left office, Smith authored the 2004 decision that ended the practice in New York, taking issue with the state's sentencing guidelines.

Our Humane Society of the United States - SC Chapter, Kim Kelly, called and spoke to County Administrator, Ron Munnerlyn on current best practices for operating an animal shelter which include not euthanizing when there are empty kennels and that heartworm disease is not a death sentence.

I was glad to see the state where I practice, New Mexico, abolish the death penalty just as I was happy to assist Governor Toney Anaya commute the sentences to life in prison of the five defendants who were then on death row in our state.

While, in theory, habeas corpus petitions can be brought in any situation where someone is currently incarcerated and the conviction is believed to be wrongful, in practice, almost all successful habeas corpus petitions collaterally attack death penalty sentences, life in prison sentences, and term of years sentences for crimes that are so long that they are functionally life sentences.

The report examined the processes of the criminal justice system from the initial point of contact with the police through to the point of sentencing, as well as the practices of coroners following a person's death.