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North Carolina Supreme Court Debates Doctors' Roles in Executions

Posted: November 18, 2008
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The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments on November 18 on whether the state's Medical Board can sanction doctors who participate in an execution. The Board forbids physician participation in executiions as a violation of the medical code of ethics. At the same time, North Carolina's death penalty statute requires a physician’s presence at all executions.

Senators Leahy and Specter Introduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act

Posted: December 07, 2006
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On December 5, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania introduced legislation (S. 4081) to restore the right to habeas corpus to those deemed to be enemy combatants and who are facing trial before military commissions, including those being detained at the U.S. Guantanamo prison in Cuba.  Habeas corpus provides an avenue for inmates in detention to challenge the constitutionality of their confinement.  The roots of this protection go back to early English law and the right to habeas corpus is guaranteed in the U.S.

The Military Commissions Act of 2006: A Short Primer

Posted: October 17, 2006
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Part One (Part Two Follows)
October 9th, 2006

Terrorism Trial's Strategies Revealed

Posted: November 15, 2005
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Washington Post, Nov. 14, 2005, by Jerry Markon

As preparations intensify for the upcoming death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, newly unsealed court documents are laying out the arguments prosecutors and defense attorneys plan to make in what is likely to be the only judicial reckoning for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Prosecutors will tell an Alexandria federal court jury that Moussaoui
deserves to die because he lied to the FBI when he was arrested a month
before the terrorist assaults that killed nearly 3,000 people, the papers

U.S. Plans Death Camp

Posted: June 05, 2003
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May 26, 2003

THE US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber.

September 11, 2001: A Forum of Information and News, Especially Related to Capital Punishment

Posted: February 19, 2003
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Terrorist Attacks Affirm Need for a Paradigm Shift

Posted: January 13, 2003
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Sr. Helen Statement after Terrorist Attacks Sister Helen Prejean, csj

U.S. death penalty could prove hurdle to extradition of terror suspects from Britain

Posted: January 13, 2003
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U.S. death penalty could prove hurdle to extradition of terror suspects from Britain
Associated Press

The trial of Bin Laden: What to do if terrorist suspect is taken alive?

Posted: January 13, 2003
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The trial of bin Laden: What to do if terrorist suspect is taken alive?
By HENRY WEINSTEIN
Los Angeles Times
Thursday, November 01, 2001

World Court Should Hear Sept. 11 Case

Posted: January 13, 2003
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World Court Should Hear Sept. 11 Case

Reuters

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