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U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Three men could face the death penalty after being charged Tuesday with special-circumstances murder in the fatal shooting of a longtime PC World magazine editor during a home invasion robbery in Pittsburg, authorities said. Tremaine Amos, 25, of Bay P.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:44am neoform

FOX News -- Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation's highest court upholds the death penalty for someone who rapes a child. Both sides sa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 28, 2007 @ 7:38pm neoform

Reuters -- New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television. The City Council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 18, 2008 @ 8:33am neoform

MSNBC -- Mexico routinely returns fugitives to the U.S. to face justice. But under a 1978 treaty with the U.S., Mexico, which has no death penalty, will not extradite anyone facing possible execution. To get their hands on a fugitive, U.S. prosecutors must agree t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 6:31pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey. The steady drumbeat of DN.. Read More