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Extractions: In a new, nonfiction book, Scott Turow, a lawyer and author of several best-selling novels on the criminal justice system, recounts the exchange and comments, "Mr. Bush, so far as I can tell, was wrong on both scores. There are a number of compelling rationales for capital punishment. And deterrence, upon examination, doesn't appear to be one of them."
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Extractions: What is the BNP's view on abortion? Q: The politicians and the media call the BNP "racist"? Is this true? A: No. "Racism" is when you hate another ethnic group. We don't 'hate' black people, we don't 'hate' Asians, we don't oppose any ethnic group for what God made them, they have a right to their own identity as much as we do, all we want to do is to preserve the ethnic and cultural identity of the British people. We want the same human rights as everyone else, a right to a homeland, security, identity, democracy and freedom. We are not against immigrants as individuals . We are against a system which imports cheap labour regardless of the wishes of the host population. The British people were never asked if they wanted a multi-cultural society, immigration was forced on us undemocratically and against the clear wishes of the majority.
Extractions: CRUEL, BUT NOT UNUSUAL, JUDICIAL MISCHIEF Many Americans favor abolition of the death penalty: they offer four main reasons. First, they say it's unconstitutional . . . it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments." Second, it's been fairly well documented that courts make a lot of mistakes in capital punishment cases. Therefore, we shouldn't trust them with anything as final as a life or death decision. The third reason offered is based on the claim that capital punishment does not deter crime. So its use is nothing more than collective vengeance which degrades us all. Finally, many sincere and idealistic people oppose capital punishment because it violates their religious beliefs. The first argument is based on "law," the second and third on "social science." The fourth is based on religion. Let's review the four arguments one at a time. IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL In 1791, when "We the People" ratified the Eighth Amendment, which forbids "cruel and unusual punishments," we also ratified the Fifth Amendment, which ordered that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The Amendment treated "life" exactly the same way it treated "liberty" and "property," In 1791, every single state had mandatory death penalty statutes. All except Rhode Island punished ten or more crimes with death: the list typically included murder, treason, piracy, rape, arson, buggery (or sodomy), burglary, robbery, and, in some states, counterfeiting, horse-theft and slave-rebellion [1].
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Extractions: (other than Bioethics) A Non-Pacifist Argument Against Capital Punishment Roy Weatherford ABSTRACT: Traditional opposition to capital punishment has generally been based on one or more of the following claims: (1) Capital punishment is immoral because all killing is immoral, (2) Capital punishment is unjust because killing is irreversible, or (3) Capital punishment is ineffective because killing is not a deterrent to killing. I propose to argue instead that capital punishment is immoral because of the kind of killing it is, rather than because it is a kind of killing simpliciter . This is a specifically moral argument, but it differs from the usual pacifist argument in that it does not assert or depend upon the claim that all killing is immoral. Herbert H. Haines has written that "The...predominantly moralistic critique [of capital punishment] has never met with much success in the United States..." I believe that there are two principal reasons for this lack of response to the usual moralistic argument. One is that Hume was right in his suggestion that one of the chief roots of morality is our sympathy for our fellows, and the murderer is about as unsympathetic a character as anyone in society. By his awful act he (and most murderers are Those of us who were raised in the Judeo-Christian morally tradition that is significantly based on the Ten Commandments often were initially perplexed to see that our respected elders permitted or even engaged in various kinds of killing despite the clear Biblical injunction "Thou shalt not kill." If we ventured to ask about this, we generally were told something like "The Hebrew word translated as ‘kill’ in the King James Version of the Bible really meant something more like ‘murder’; hence God did not forbid all kinds of killing, only murderous killing. It is alright to kill in self-defense or in a just war, for example."
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Extractions: By Dan Nowicki Mothers warn their children to stay out of arguments over politics or religion. Two recent incidents have Arizonans talking about both, raising the question of what role religion should play in public policy issues for elected officials. The Catholic Sun, a newspaper published by the Roman Catholic-Diocese of Phoenix, editorially admonished Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., for his continued support of abortion rights. The August 6 th editorial called on Pastor "to change his heart—and his voting record—on abortion" or else "disavow his Catholic faith." State Rep. Mark Anderson, R-Mesa, is catching flak for the opposite reason. Some critics are charging that he has been letting the political agenda of his religion's leader, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, dictate his legislative activities at the state Capitol. Various documents obtained by The Tribune and first reported earlier this week indicate Anderson's and Moon's policy priorities frequently intersect.
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Extractions: author catalog John Mark Ministries Priscillas Friends WWW Genesis 9:6 And Capital Punishment From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Genesis 9:6 and Capital Punishment Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 09:19:47 GMT (Genesis 9:6 NRSV) Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind. Those who construct their theology solely by finding a verse from scripture that answers a particular question need read no further in this post. From the above, there is no question that the death penalty is mandated to Christians and Jews for the sin of murder. Those who are interested in examining the context of the above words, undertaking the complex task of relating them to other teachings in scripture on the same topic, and applying logic and common sense to arrive at a Christian understanding of this issue for the world of today are invited to read on. What follows is based on my understanding of the Pentateuch and the issue of Capital Punishment. 1. Authorship.
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Extractions: Should capital punishment be reintroduced in the UK? Capital punishment is "putting a condemned person to death. Many people associated America with capital punishment, as they are the only western society that still uses this form of punishment. However, they will not be alone if the UK decides Note! The sentences in this essay are shuffled, making this essay unusable
John Carlson, Justice, Religion, And The Death Penalty views, a hefty onus falls upon them to substantiate why their religious beliefs affirmor, at least, do not conflict with their support for capital punishment. http://pewforum.org/deathpenalty/resources/reader/28.php3
Extractions: January 23, 2002 Those who doubt religion's relevance to the death penalty might wish to take stock of some salient features of public life today. A Pew poll taken last March found that forty-two percent of those who oppose the death penalty for convicted murderers cite religious belief as the greatest influence on their position, while among death penalty supporters only fifteen percent cite religious belief. For the two groups combined, nearly a quarter of the population (23%) saw religion as the chief determinant of their positions. Religious vernacular often unwittingly pervades capital punishment debates. Ten of twelve jurors chose life imprisonment over "martyrdom" for terrorists convicted in the 1998 embassy bombings. Many invoke "an eye for an eye" to demonstrate Biblical, if not intuitive, support for the death penalty. Even "practical" arguments about the death penalty do not defy theological reflection. The case for deterrence, for example, coupled with an understanding of just how corrupted the sinful human will can become, accounts for why evil intentions will not be deterred by even the gravest threats. Nor is the criminal justice system free from the noetic effects of sin; we know too well that it has been fraught with human failings, unavoidable at best, unconscionable at worst. These religious observations alone do not help us frame moral arguments. Nor do woolly slogans and vexing justifications. Take the plea that Jesus would never execute a prisoner. This is true, but Jesus was not a state official charged with preserving peace and dispensing justice. (And we know that "WWJD?" has never been the only resource of Christian ethics.) Others note that Jesus preached forgiveness, not vengeance. Right again, but the New Testament message of forgiveness should not be misconstrued as an appeal for "tolerance" or the forbearance of justice. Death penalty opponents are obliged to muster more compelling arguments to explain the relationship between their faith and their views.
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Extractions: OAS_AD('Top'); Balancing Conscience and the Law Monday, April 26, 2004 By Paul Rosenzweig In Wisconsin, a pharmacist who is a devout Christian refused to fill a woman's prescription for birth-control pills. He also refused to transfer the prescription to another pharmacy. He now faces disciplinary action. OAS_AD('Middle'); morning-after pill search These cases are not unusual. Other disputes involving pharmacists whose religious conscience will not allow them to fill a prescription have surfaced in a half-dozen other states. So the question naturally arises: How should the law react to these events? Such an inquiry requires us to examine the role of religion and law in the public square. Anglican England search Society of Friends search Harlan Fiske Stone search ), later to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, drew on this history when he wrote: "Both morals and sound policy require that the state should not violate the conscience of the individual. All our history gives confirmation to the view that liberty of conscience has a moral and social value which makes it worthy of preservation at the hands of the state. So deep in its significance and vital, indeed, is it to the integrity of man's moral and spiritual nature that nothing short of the self-preservation of the state should warrant its violation; and it may well be questioned whether the state which preserves its life by a settled policy of violation of the conscience of the individual will not in fact ultimately lose it by the process."
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Extractions: DeathPenalty.Net : Excellent site with loads of information. DEATH PENALTY : This has some good information on both sides of the issue. UAA Justice Center: Focus on the Death Penalty : This site has a lot of good material. Capital Punishment: Life or Death? : A class created web page presenting both sides of the argument. Death Penalty Information Center : The DeathPenalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to
