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• Select A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate.

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  A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate.

  From:Morning Edition

  2023684 words Audio file, Broadcas... 900LTo listen to this broadcast, click here: BYLINE: CARRIE JOHNSON HOST: DWANE BROWN DWANE BROWN: The war on drugs saw crack cocaine offenses punished more harshly than crimes involving powder cocaine. NPR's Carrie...
• Select States are voting to eradicate slavery under any terms, but what about prison work?

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  States are voting to eradicate slavery under any terms, but what about prison work?

  From:All Things Considered

  2022646 words Audio file, Broadcas... 940LTo listen to this broadcast, click here: BYLINE: KATIA RIDDLE HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: Are there any circumstances under which slavery is permissible? That is a question voters in five states will consider on...
• Select Crime and Political Punishment.

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  Crime and Political Punishment.

  Author:Paul KrugmanFrom:The New York Times

  June 10, 2022961 words Article 1120LResults from Tuesday's primaries in California suggest that crime may be a big issue in the midterm elections. In San Francisco, a progressive prosecutor was ousted in a recall vote. In Los Angeles, a businessman and...
• Select Debate on Crime Splits San Francisco Democrats.

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  Debate on Crime Splits San Francisco Democrats.

  Authors:Tim Arango and Thomas FullerFrom:The New York Times

  June 6, 20222,002 words Article 1400LFueled by concerns about burglaries and hate crimes, San Francisco's liberal district attorney, Chesa Boudin, faces a divisive recall in a famously progressive city. SAN FRANCISCO -- As the former chair of the San...
• Select Punishment beyond reason; We can no more force a prisoner to serve multiple life sentences than we can execute him six times.

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  Punishment beyond reason; We can no more force a prisoner to serve multiple life sentences than we can execute him six times.

  Author:Andrew CoyneFrom:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)

  June 1, 2022783 words Article 1200LByline: ANDREW COYNE; Staff Overhanging any discussion of crime and punishment, particularly the most serious crimes, is the popular fallacy that the punishment must fit the crime. Proportionality in sentencing is,...
• Select After Flouting E.U. Standards, Hungary May Now Pay a Price.

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  After Flouting E.U. Standards, Hungary May Now Pay a Price.

  Authors:Steven Erlanger and Benjamin NovakFrom:The New York Times

  Jan. 4, 20221,722 words Article 1440LAfter years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country's pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. BRUSSELS -- After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union...
• Select Was justice served in the Ahmaud Arbery case? Not even close; OPINION.

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  Was justice served in the Ahmaud Arbery case? Not even close; OPINION.

  Authors:Reakash Walters and Joshua Sealy-HarringtonFrom:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)

  Dec. 4, 20211,123 words Article 1310LByline: REAKASH WALTERS, JOSHUA SEALY-HARRINGTON Lead Reakash Walters is a writer and criminal defence lawyer at Addario Law Group. Joshua Sealy-Harrington is an assistant professor at the Lincoln Alexander School...
• Select Gov. Hogan demands more prosecutions, stiffer penalties as violent crime rises in Baltimore.

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  Gov. Hogan demands more prosecutions, stiffer penalties as violent crime rises in Baltimore.

  Author:Erin CoxFrom:The Washington Post

  Nov. 23, 2021659 words Article 1470LByline: Erin Cox Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday called for immediate tougher measures to contain Baltimore's surging violence as the city marks its seventh consecutive year with more than 300 homicides. "People...
• Select Strict punishment, executions will return, Taliban says.

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  Strict punishment, executions will return, Taliban says.

  Author:Kathy GannonFrom:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)

  Sept. 24, 2021899 words Article 1310LByline: KATHY GANNON, ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL -- Lead One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement...
• Select Ugandan MPs approve anti-gay law with death-penalty provisions.

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  Ugandan MPs approve anti-gay law with death-penalty provisions.

  From:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)

  Mar. 23, 2023727 words Article 1350LByline: GEOFFREY YORK; Staff JOHANNESBURG -- A harsh new Ugandan anti-gay law, whose provisions include the death penalty in some circumstances, will turn the country's entire LGBTQ community into fugitives in fear for...
• Select Gay Ugandans face the death penalty.

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  Gay Ugandans face the death penalty.

  From:The Times (London, England)

  Mar. 23, 2023381 words Brief article 1330LByline: Uganda Richard Assheton Ugandan MPs have passed a bill imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts, as President Museveni crusades against what he calls "deviants". All but two of Uganda's 389 MPs voted in...
• Select Uganda Passes Anti-Gay Bill With Penalties Up to Death.

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  Uganda Passes Anti-Gay Bill With Penalties Up to Death.

  Author:Abdi Latif DahirFrom:The New York Times

  Mar. 23, 20231,194 words Article 1470LThe legislation, which now goes to the president, also calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in gay sex. Policies to stifle L.G.B.T.Q. rights have been on the rise in several African nations. Lawmakers in Uganda...
• Select Gay Ugandans face the death penalty; Uganda.

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  Gay Ugandans face the death penalty; Uganda.

  From:The Times (London, England)

  Mar. 23, 2023380 words Brief article 1330LByline: Richard Assheton Ugandan MPs have passed a bill imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts, as President Museveni crusades against what he calls "deviants". All but two of Uganda's 389 MPs voted in favour...
• Select UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda's hardline anti-LGBT bill.

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  UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda's hardline anti-LGBT bill.

  From:CNN Wire

  Mar. 22, 2023922 words Article 1410LByline: Larry Madowo, Nimi Princewill and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) -- The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that...
• Select Afternoon Update: NSW election campaign gets messy; Uganda's homosexuality death penalty; and polygamy killing male elephant seals; Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.

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  Afternoon Update: NSW election campaign gets messy; Uganda's homosexuality death penalty; and polygamy killing male elephant seals; Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.

  From:The Guardian (London, England)

  Mar. 22, 20231,120 words Article 1430LByline: Antoun Issa Yesterday the NSW election campaign was referred to in this newsletter as "dull", and today it is anything but. Three days out from the election, the premier, Dominic Perrottet, has denied he called...
• Select Ugandan law criminalizes being LGBTQ amid crackdown on homosexuality.

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  Ugandan law criminalizes being LGBTQ amid crackdown on homosexuality.

  From:Washingtonpost.com

  Mar. 22, 2023884 words Article 1390LByline: Niha Masih; Rael Ombuor Uganda passed legislation that compels life imprisonment for being LGBTQ and the death penalty for gay sex with a minor amid a widening crackdown on sexual minorities in the...
• Select Lori Vallow won't face the death penalty if convicted in the deaths of her children, Idaho judge rules.

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  Lori Vallow won't face the death penalty if convicted in the deaths of her children, Idaho judge rules.

  From:CNN Wire

  Mar. 22, 2023532 words Article 1500LByline: Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) -- Lori Vallow will not face the death penalty if she is convicted or murder in the deaths of her two children, an Idaho judge ruled. Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, face...
• Select Former death row inmate now fighting to eliminate death penalty in Ohio.

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  Former death row inmate now fighting to eliminate death penalty in Ohio.

  From:CNN Wire

  Mar. 22, 2023235 words Brief article 790LByline: Brian Hamrick (WLWT) -- Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) -- A bill designed to eliminate the death penalty is about to be introduced into the Ohio Senate and has the support of a man...
• Select As lethal injection faces hurdles, Idaho turns back to firing squads.

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  As lethal injection faces hurdles, Idaho turns back to firing squads.

  From:Washingtonpost.com

  Mar. 21, 20231,115 words Article 1510LByline: Kim Bellware Fourteen years after outlawing the use of firing-squad executions, Idaho is preparing to bring them back. When the state legislature decided in a near-unanimous vote to ban firing squads in 2009,...
• Select Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offences.

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  Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offences.

  From:CNN Wire

  Mar. 21, 2023461 words Article 1610LByline: Larry Madowo and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) -- Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world's harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to 20 years in prison...