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…Illegal to Purchase, Legal to Use? "Cigarette smoking is the single most important cause of preventable illness and premature death in Canada. Reducing tobacco usage among youth is the best hope for long-term reduction in lung cancer." - The Canadian…

…the vast majority of cases – it steps in to resolve new or disputed questions of law as well, as to review death penalty cases. Death penalty cases proceed directly to the Supreme Court, bypassing the lower Court of Appeal. The appellate courts…

…if she would endure this violent act again in order to see the perpetrator receive a longer sentence. A man from Moreno County, California would have faced the death penalty for murder if the prosecutors had filed a related burglary charge as a “three-strikes…

…these loved ones go through because of the actions of these cruel criminals. Mr. Smith, the father of the two, broken up by the ruling said, “Me and my family are disappointed that the death penalty was not the verdict, but it wasn’t our choice. They returned…

…that the Athenian society has given him so much and because of that fact he has a moral responsibility to accept the penalty of the law. He has dedicated his life and service to the Athenian society. He thinks it is his duty to obey his punishment whether his death…

…(court system), is allowed to sentence the death penalty in cases where people have been murdered (state laws state which crimes can be the death penalty can be used in). The government can do this because the criminal infringed upon someone else's right…

…, hanging, dismemberment, beheading, and being pulled apart by horses. "The guillotine was used in France until the abolition of the death penalty under Mitterrand in 1981" ("The Guillotine"). <Tab/>The guillotine is a decapitating machine…

…. Many anti-abortionists also believe in the death penalty (www.wcla.org). If a fetus were a human, it would be hypocritical to dictate that abortion is immoral but the death penalty is okay (www.wcla.org). In pretending that a fetus is a human being, what…

…or parole. Imagine what the politics of the death penalty would look like if prosecutors sought the death penalty 70 percent of the time when whites killed blacks, but only 19 percent of the time when blacks killed whites. Or imagine what our juvenile justice…

…- - Ashley James Amnesty International         Thousands of people are in prison because of their beliefs. Many are held without charge or trial. Torture and the death penalty are widespread. In many countries men, women, and children have…