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Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment is mentioned in 85 articles and has appeared on 4 TIME covers

Capital Punishment Articles

Found: 85 Articles
  • In Prison with Jodi Picoult
    Feb. 29, 2008 | By Andrea Sachs
    The author's 15th novel, Change of Heart, ponders capital punishment.
  • Death Penalty Walking
    Jan. 3, 2008 | By David Von Drehle
    Capital punishment costs millions of dollars to enforce. Untrained personnel are administering lethal injections. Now a Supreme Court case may force us to consider whether this system makes sense
  • Numbers: May 14, 2007
    May. 14, 2007
    CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 1,010 Estimated number of people who were executed in China in 2006, according to public reports. But credible sources suggest that the total is closer to 8,000 25 Number of countries that held executions in 2006, compared with 40 a decade ago. The U.S. is one of only five democracies that still impose ...
  • Numbers: Nov. 13, 2006
    Nov. 13, 2006
    1,770 Number of people known to have been executed in China last year--81% of the world's total. The true number is a state secret but is thought to be much higher because executions are not always disclosed. To reduce capital punishment, China's government last week said the Supreme Court would review all death sentences 68 ...
  • Capital Punishment
    Nov. 12, 2006
    Saddam's sentencing shows Iraqis support the death penalty, but a rash of summary hangings raises questions about the country's justice system
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