Connecticut will be the 17th state to abolish the death penalty and the fifth to do so in the past five years. Nor is it likely to be the last: other states are reconsidering capital punishment. Repeal bills have been proposed in a number of states,...
CAPITAL punishment has been meted out in Connecticut since colonial times, when convicted witches were sentenced to death. In recent years it has been used sparingly . Of the 4,686 murders committed between 1973 and 2007, only 66 led to convictions o...
US Supreme Court Abolishes Juvenile Death Penalty 美最高法院废除青少年死刑 Opponents of capital punishment won a major victory at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. By a vote of five to four,...
4 Palestinians Sentenced to Death for Helping Israel Ross Dunn Jerusalem 2 Aug 2001 18:42 UTC The Palestinian Authority has sentenced four Palestinians to death since Tuesday, after convicting them of...
26 美国关于死刑的争议 DATE=5-12-01 TITLE=IN THE NEWS#480 - Death Penalty BYLINE=Paul Thompson (start at 1'05") This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Arguments...
