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God against the death penalty
2021

God against the death penalty

God Against The Death Penalty by Cody Mitten My case could of included the death penalty but my mental illness was the key factor as far as why the state did not seek it. I...
Mitten, CodyTexas
The death penalty
July 9, 2018

The death penalty

The death penalty. Many sit inside mice infested cells across America, hoping for a grant of their appeal which would overturn their death sentence - some are guilty, some are innocent - living out their...
Gilbert, Trayzon CharlesCalifornia
State-sanctioned vengeance
February 8, 2017

State-sanctioned vengeance

State-Sanctioned Vengeance By Beverly Jaynes Even in Missouri, the second-most executing state in the nation, legislators are now poised to repeal our law of death - our death penalty. Conservatives and Republicans, now concede that...
Jaynes, BevMissouri
Expanding the death penalty to reach those most deserving
October 21, 2016

Expanding the death penalty to reach those most deserving

\ EXPANDING THE DEATH PENALTY TO REACH THOSE MOST . http://www.fiominside.com/expanding.htm / . Frominside.com' Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. Home-Menu PAMPHLETS FOR A BETTER HUMANKIND Addressing The Micro- And Macro—Problems Facing Humankind,...
Harrison, David ScottCalifornia
No more death penalty
October 21, 2016

No more death penalty

Al Cunningham Box E—22600 San Quentin, CA 94974 NO MORE DEATH PENALTY After a A year study, the independent, non-partisan California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice published their findings on the death penalty...
Cunningham, AlCalifornia
The death penalty cost $$$
October 21, 2016

The death penalty cost $$$

Al Cunningham Box E—22600 San Quentin, CA 94974 THE DEATH PENALTY COST $$$ The death penalty costs millions of dollars yearly and may do little to make citizens safer, according to a report released by...
Cunningham, AlCalifornia
Death penalty abuse
April 1, 2015

Death penalty abuse

DEATH PENALTY ABUSE (Tool Of War For The Rich And Powerful) The death penalty is a hate crime aimed at the poor of all nationalities. It is a means whereby the rich and powerful intim-...
Azania, Zolo AgonaIndiana
In the killing chamber (revised copy, July 2014)
July 2014

In the killing chamber (revised copy, July 2014)

In the Killing Chamber Today, execution by lethal injection is the method used by death penalty states. Until the fall of 2013, a three-drug cocktail of the anesthetic, sodium thiopental, to induce unconsciousness, the paralyzing...
Jaynes, BevMissouri
The government's sanitized murders continue despite the moral reprehensiveness and limpid senselessness of such
2005

The government's sanitized murders continue despite the moral reprehensiveness and limpid senselessness of such

The Government's Sanitized Murders Continue Despite the Moral Reprehensiveness and Limpid Senselessness of Such By Wesley I. Purkey/Federal Death Row "Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong...
Purkey, Wesley I.Indiana
An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers
September 12, 1995

An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers

An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers By: Jesse Greenwald / Arizona State Prison 09-12-95 As I sit and write these words, a few dozen yards away another man sits and waits for...
Greenwald, Jesse M.Texas
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