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Arias' fate in hands of jury
May 23, 2013 | WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee

Indulto en pena de muerte
May 22, 2013 | KCEC Denver, CO

Governor orders reprieve for death row inmate
May 22, 2013 | KRDO ABC 13 Colorado Spri

Death Penalty Wikipedia Information

Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. Historically, the execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly all societies—both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Among countries around the world,...

Sacramento Connect

Pillay condemns rampant use of death penalty in Iraq
April 19, 2013
GENEVA, April 19, 2013 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the execution of 21 individuals in Iraq earlier in the week,...

Five ‘crimes’ that can get you killed
April 15, 2013
April 15, 2013 - Even though most of the world has turned its back on the death penalty, some countries continue to impose capital punishment for acts like...

Dan Walters Daily: How much has changed with death penalty?
April 17, 2013
Very few death row inmates have been executed in California in the past 35 years, Dan says, calling into question whether much has really changed since the state...

Do you support the death penalty?
February 11, 2013
By Catherine Chenault The death penalty is one of the most talked about and controversial issues in the United States. Many Americans argue as to ...

Pillay says Saudi Arabian executions violate international standards
March 14, 2013
GENEVA, March 14, 2013 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday strongly condemned the executions of seven Saudi Arabian nationals,...

Lily Hughes: Why did death penalty repeal fail in California?
November 27, 2012
Nov. 17, 2012 - Proposition 34 (or the SAFE Act), the ballot measure that would have replaced the death penalty in California with life without parole (LWOP),...

Other local news reports

Jury votes for death penalty for Corcoran inmate who killed cell mate
March 14, 2013 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Correction: An earlier headline on this story incorrectly said the jury recommended the death penalty ... The jury's verdict was to impose the death penalty. According to the state...

No death penalty in Linda drive- by killing
February 08, 2013 | AppealDemocrat
Yuba County prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty against Kong Meng... ...

DA considering death penalty in Yuba City murder case
January 29, 2013 | AppealDemocrat
A Yuba City man charged with killing a 94-year-old neighbor earlier this month could face the death penalty, the Sutter County District Attorney said Tuesday. Michael Patrick...

Letter: Sentence not served for Death Row inmate
February 08, 2013 | AppealDemocrat
Now we have a death penalty -- why would it take us 31 years after he... ...

From around the web

Jodi Arias jury can't decide on death penalty
May 22, 2013 | azcentral.com | news
Jodi Arias jury ca not decide on death penalty ...

How To Be Completely Useless In A Medical Emergency
May 22, 2013 | Deadspin
I feel like this punishment is a thousand times worse than the U.S. death penalty. Would not this lower our murder rates dramatically? Being a quadriplegic is a much worse fate...

Jodi Arias jury can't decide on death penalty
May 22, 2013
The rapid impasse suggests a difference of opinion over life and death. ...

ACLU suit: Public is entitled to know how Nathan Dunlap will be killed
May 21, 2013 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force the state Department of Corrections to reveal death penalty protocols and procedures that the department has so far kept secret. ...

Jodi Arias jury adjourns for day after impasse
May 22, 2013 | indystar.com
Under Arizona law, a hung jury in the death penalty ... Romley also noted that if the current jury deadlocks, the prosecutor could decide to take the death penalty ... Following her conviction last week, Arias told a local TV station that she preferred the death penalty ...

Cheat sheet: Jodi Arias changes her mind; Tornado Mom on Oklahoma; is pope an exorcist?
May 22, 2013 | indystar.com
Arias acknowledged that her plea for life was a reversal of remarks she made to a TV reporter shortly after her conviction for the 2008 slaying of former lover Travis Alexander, 30, when she said she preferred the death penalty ...

Death Penalty on twitter

	What crimes deserve the death penalty? — raping http://t.co/MLeND3M7vW Twitter: @anti_vist_
	Attorney Jose Baez talks about the threat social media poses in death penalty cases. Twitter: @BreezeBlastInfo
	@gary_hughes729 In who's opinion? Lol unfortunately free speech doesn't exist now gaz or I would have got the death penalty from twitter! Twitter: @channyogi
	RT @briannaxolee: The fact the death penalty exists is repulsive Twitter: @Flora_1D
	Don't blame the #jodiarias jury 4 no unanimous decision on death penalty, u couldn't find 12 people to agree on what movie 2 see tonight Twitter: @Photopup
	RT @GF_Rooney: @AcademicHelp Once again, there is no justification for the death penalty. India agreed with Germany that this would not happen #Bhullar Twitter: @Bhindranwale84