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US executions down by half over past decade: report
18 hours ago ago from Florida Issues
WASHINGTON — The United States executed one convict a week in 2009, but the rate is down by half compared to a decade ago, according to an annual report from the Death Penalty Information Center. The 2009 total is up from 37 executions in 2008, but in that year application of the death penalty was suspended for four months while the Supreme Court considered and ultimately upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. The number ...
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9 hours ago ago from San Diego News Online - San Diego County - Travel - Hotels - Sports
By Michael A. Kroll, New America Media Editor's Note: The U.S. still employs the death penalty in its criminal justice system, as do Iran, Iraq, China and Cuba. But mounting evidence points toward a continuing erosion of support for capital punishment in states around this country and in the rest of the world. Maybe it's because the crime rate is going down Maybe it's because of publicity about judicial mistakes Maybe it's the ...
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The Death Penalty Information Center released its annual report on the state of capital punishment in the United States today, and while it finds that the number of executions was slightly higher read more of this post, The Fewest
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17 hours ago ago from cryptogon.net
Although the current wave of A/H1N1 flu continues to wane, deaths of the new virus in the United States continue to be higher than expected for this time of year, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. During week 49 (ending on Dec. 12), 7.6 percent of all deaths reported through the 122-Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to pneumonia and influenza Source: A/H1N1 deaths in U.S. still above ...
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17 hours ago ago from Bucko\'s World
If you are confused about the "state of the novel H1N1 pandemic," don't feel alone. The past few weeks have seen a variety of media reports, scientific publications, and blog posts that support, or at least imply, the conclusion that the current influenza pandemic is likely the "mildest on record" and seems to be waning. You might also have seen stories asserting that such public health agencies as the World Health Organization (WHO and the ...
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