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George Stinney Jr: The Tragic Case of a Child Executed in the USA

Activists are trying to clear the name of the youngest person to be killed in America's electric chair. They have the blessing of his family.

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Applications of the Death Penalty: Stoning

Examining the religiously motivated and gruesome use of stoning as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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Sentenced to Death for Writing a Computer Program

Living and working in Canada, Saeed Malekpour created software for uploading images on-line. It led directly to torture and Death Row.

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The American Dream, Myth, or Fallacy

The American dream is all about a person pursuing individual freedoms, independence, and the personal vision of the proverbial pot of gold. Read the American Dream Debate Here.

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Answering Pro Death Penalty Arguments

I consider judicial execution to be a 'cruel and unusual punishment', which is contrary to international human rights laws.

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Death Row: Waiting to be Killed

Have you ever really imagined what it would be like? You or a loved one given that date and watching it draw near. Knowing that you will be killed.

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One For Ten: Innocent People Freed from Death Row

Documentary film-makers are set to launch an anti-death penalty campaign. They will travel across the USA interviewing those exonerated of all crimes.

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Applications of the Death Penalty: Lethal Injection

Examining the murky history and gruesome use of death by needle as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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Applications of the Death Penalty: Decapitation

Examining the murky history and gruesome use of beheading as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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Applications of the Death Penalty: Hanging

Examining the murky history and gruesome use of hanging as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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Applications of the Death Penalty: The Gas Chamber

Examining the murky history and gruesome use of asphyxiation as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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What Are Human Rights?

The mere fact of being born into our species entitles you to human rights; but do you know what they actually are?

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If You Are Going to Boycott Israel, Do It Right

There is a movement to boycott Israel, but it really isn't doing a very good job at punishing us. Read an insider's view of how to boycott Israel.

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Arizona, the Death Penalty and First Amendment Rights Suspended

Have the Ninth Circuit and the EU just forced a de facto end to the death penalty in Arizona? And will the First Amendment be key to a moratorium throughout the USA?

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Applications of the Death Penalty: The Electric Chair

Examining the murky history and gruesome use of electrocution as a method of execution. Not an article for the faint-hearted.

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Computer Programmer's Death Sentence Dropped in Iran

Since December 2008, Saeed Malekpour has been on Death Row in Iran for writing computer software. The Canadian Permanent Resident may now escape the noose.

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Juveniles on Death Row

The death penalty for children has been stamped out in the majority of countries. Where it remains, kids as young as 13 are being killed.

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Richard Speck: Bad Dream or Hellish Nightmare?

In one night, a 24 year-old sailor turned the innocence of eight student nurses into a hellish nightmare. One lone survivor, Cora Amurao, lived to testify and put him away.

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