Posts Tagged: death penalty
French EU Presidency to Push for Worldwide End to Death Penalty, says Macron
France will launch a campaign for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty as part of its upcoming presidency of the European Union, President Emmanuel...
Trial of Accused 9/11 Mastermind Restarts, Days Before 20th Anniversary
i24 News – The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of...
The Bible and the Death Penalty
I have always been disturbed by the number of times the Bible declares “He, She or It, shall be put to death.” It doesn’t matter...
Trump Demands Death Penalty for New York City Terror Attack Suspect
US President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his call that the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people when he drove a truck down a...
Turkish President Erdogan Describes Night of Coup, Contemplates Return of Death Penalty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a series of televised appearances overnight in which he disclosed dramatic details of his survival on the night of...
Amnesty Blasts ‘Staggering’ Iranian Execution Spree; Nearly 700 People Killed So Far This Year
Leading human rights group Amnesty International is concerned over the "staggering" increase of executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran this year, the group said...
Sentencing of Israeli Teens’ Murderer is Ludicrous
The Israeli Judea Military Court recently sentenced the Palestinian mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of the three Israeli teenagers to three life sentences. Shame...
Suicide Nation: Competing Pathologies in the State of Israel
With this Third Intifada (2014-?) overtly underway, the bleeding season is once again in full swing in Israel. Jews are being murdered in increasingly resourceful...
Terrorism, No More
Witnessing the heart-wrenching situation where murderers of children, women and innocent victims were released in exchange of an Israeli soldier was a very difficult moment. Israel...
Israel Should have a Death Penalty for Terrorists
No Jew, and indeed no decent person in whom there beats a human heart, could fail to be moved to tears by the...
Capitol Punishment Should Never be Cheered
For those of us lean toward Conservatism due to respect for its values rather than political expediency, two things happened in the Republican Presidential debate...
Death Penalty for Leibby Kletzky Killer and Other Comments
The death penalty was recently the subject of a Times op ed by David R. Dow, entitled "Death Penalty, Still Racist And Arbitrary." In a...
