query: when did the uk get rid of capital punishment

pos: Capital punishment in the United Kingdom Capital punishment in the United Kingdom Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging, and took place in 1964, prior to :capital punishment being abolished for murder (in 1965 in Great Britain and in 1973 in Northern Ireland). Although unused, the death penalty remained a legally defined punishment for certain offences such as treason until it was completely abolished in 1998. In 2004 the 13th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights became binding on the United Kingdom,

pos: Capital punishment in the United Kingdom sentence of life imprisonment. These were the last civilian offences punishable by death. On 20 May 1998 the House of Commons voted to ratify the 6th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting capital punishment except "in time of war or imminent threat of war". The last remaining provisions for the death penalty under military jurisdiction (including in wartime) were removed when section 21(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force on 9 November 1998. On 10 October 2003, effective from 1 February 2004, the UK acceded to the 13th Protocol, which prohibits the death penalty

neg: Capital punishment in Suriname the early years of its rule to get rid of political opponents. The last judicial execution in Suriname was that of Wilfred Hawker, a sergeant-major in the Surinamese military who had staged two unsuccessful coup attempts to overthrow the military government. He was executed by firing squad on 13 March 1982. The government did carry out a series of extrajudicial executions in December 1982, when 15 imprisoned opponents of the military regime were shot without trial. The events would become known as the December murders. The death penalty had already been abolished "de facto" by signing the Treaty of San

neg: Social policy of Donald Trump like hell to get rid of that prohibition and we're going to have the strongest Christian lobby and it's going to happen." In his February 2017 address at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump stated: "I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment." Trump has been critical of department stores that do not greet their customers with "merry Christmas", stating that things will change if he gets elected president: "I'll tell you one thing: I get elected president, we're going to be saying 'merry Christmas' again. Just remember that." Trump has long advocated for capital punishment in the

neg: Capital punishment in Maryland for first-degree murder was given as death. New laws came into force in 1908 which allowed the sentencing judge discretion, giving the option of life imprisonment. Then in 1916, the jury was given the option of deciding if they wished to impose the death penalty during their deliberations. They could now return a sentence of guilty "without capital punishment." This changed under new state laws in 1922, which required all hangings to be executed at the Metropolitan Transition Center (formerly known as the Maryland State Penitentiary) in Baltimore. It was designed to get rid of "the curious mobs that frequent

neg: Cornelia Grumman impose the death penalty comes a responsibility to get it right," she wrote in her October 3, 2002 editorial, "The Future of Capital Punishment." She fervently added, "Now's the time to get it right. Get it right or get rid of it." In 2001, 2005 and 2006, Grumman also received Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for editorials on children and family issues. She received a 2001 Studs Terkel award for her coverage of disadvantaged communities and three Herman Kogan awards for editorials about the criminal justice system. Cornelia Grumman Cornelia Grumman is an American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. She is the

neg: Capital punishment debate in the United States and World War II. The movement in 1950s and 1960s shifted focus from legislation to the courts. Although public opinion remained in favor of execution (aside from during the mid-1960s when pro and anti opinions were roughly equal), judges and jurors executed fewer people than they did in the 1930s. The decline in executions gave strength to various new anti-capital punishment organizations. Among these groups were: a California-based Citizens Against Legalized Murder, the Ohio Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment, the New Jersey Council to Abolish Capital Punishment, California's People Against Capital Punishment, the New York Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment,

neg: Michael Shermer much power – in light of the hundreds of executed individuals who were later revealed to be innocent – and partially from his view that retributive justice is driven by humanity's baser instincts, and it does not effect restorative justice. He later changed his mind about the issue during research for "The Moral Arc", reasoning that "[Capital punishment] is one of these barbaric practices that we need to get rid of. [The United States of] America is really the last of the 19 industrialized democracies to have the death penalty. (...) The Italian enlightenment philosopher Cesare Beccaria, on his book

neg: Capital punishment in China tempered by the Confucianists, who preferred rehabilitation and mercy over capital punishment. Confucius did not oppose capital punishment absolutely, but did take the view that in a well-ordered society based on moral persuasion, capital punishment would become unnecessary. During China's early dynasties, capital punishment and amputation were predominant among the five punishments. Later, amputation became less common, but capital punishment and corporal punishment remained. There was wide variability in the number of types of capital offences over time. Under the "Punishments of Lu" ("Lu Xing"), written sometime in the Warring States period (475-221 BCE), there were 200 capital offences. The

neg: Cheating in online games a punishment for the player in question. Some anti-cheat systems may decide to kick players out of a game server when the system integrity cannot be enforced nor be determined with certainty. Other anti-cheat methods may also utilize kicks as an instant punishment for presumably unfair game play behavior. Some games may also provide the community with the option of voting for particular players to be kicked. Such system provides the power to self regulate and effectively get rid of abusive players without depending on supervision or other anti-cheat methods. Even though vote kicking brings many benefits, it may also

neg: Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 the "grotesque spectacle" of public executions. Abolition of public executions was one of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment 1864-1866. A similar measure, the "Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill", had been introduced in 1867, but failed for lack of parliamentary time. The first execution under the new law was carried out by William Calcraft on 13 August 1868 at Maidstone Gaol; 18-year-old Thomas Wells was hanged for the murder of Edward Walshe, the stationmaster at Dover Priory railway station. Calcraft had previously carried out the last public execution in the UK, when he hanged the Fenian Michael

neg: Capital punishment in Australia The poll showed a small majority of Australians (52.5%) favoured the death penalty for deadly terrorist acts in Australia while 47.5% didn’t. This was a significant increase from 2009 when only 23% of Australians supported the death penalty being imposed for convicted murderers. Capital punishment in Australia Capital punishment in Australia was a form of punishment in Australia that has been abolished in all jurisdictions. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same in 1968, the federal government abolished the death penalty in 1973, with application also in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Victoria

neg: Wijeyananda Dahanayake Ceylon appointed Dahanayake as Prime Minister. He was later confirmed by Parliament in this position. He also took on the office of cabinet minister of defence, external affairs, and education. He led the caretaker government for a year that proved to be controversial and difficult. He changed many ministers, sacking them overnight. His most notable action was the repeal of the Capital Punishment Act which suspended capital punishment in Ceylon. Dahanayaka contested the March 1960 General Election in Ceylon being nominated from his newly formed Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya (Ceylon Democratic Party). He did not get enough votes to be re-elected

neg: Capital punishment in Australia Capital punishment in Australia Capital punishment in Australia was a form of punishment in Australia that has been abolished in all jurisdictions. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same in 1968, the federal government abolished the death penalty in 1973, with application also in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Victoria did so in 1975, South Australia in 1976, and Western Australia in 1984. New South Wales abolished the death penalty for murder in 1955, and for all crimes in 1985. In 2010, the federal government passed legislation prohibiting the re-establishment of capital punishment

neg: Religion and capital punishment neither kills nor helps others to kill." The story of the Jhanasanda-Jataka contains a similar message in talking about a prince who gets rid of all places of execution. Similarly, the Rajaparikatha-ratnamala contains advice given by the Buddhist Philosopher Nagarjuna and states that people should have compassion even for murderers and that banishment should be utilized as opposed to killing. This strong emphasis on compassion, in relation to capital punishment, is also evident in the story of Angulimala. Angulimala was a murderer that everyone in the village feared but despite this, the Buddha headed down the road to where Angulimata

neg: Louisiana State Penitentiary execution, they "get a little quieter" and "[i]t suddenly becomes more real to them." When the State of Louisiana used electrocution as its method of capital punishment, it formally referred to the anonymous executioner as "The Electrician." When the State of Louisiana referred to the executioner by name, he or she was called "Sam Jones," after Sam H. Jones, the Governor of Louisiana in power when electrocution was introduced as the capital punishment. As of 2011 several Angola inmates practiced musical skills. The prison administration encourages prisoners to practice music and uses music as a reward for inmates who behave.

neg: Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries of the population in all regions, and that roughly 0.1 per cent of the population would have to be executed in order to get rid of the worst counterrevolutionary elements, while avoiding killing innocents. However, in reality, many provinces did not have enough counterrevolutionaries to meet the quota, and lacked the facilities to implement the mass arrests. As a result, many people were arrested recklessly based on assumptions, and many cases were decided without thorough examination. On February 21, 1951, the "Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on punishment of counterrevolutionaries" was issued, which sets out the various "counterrevolutionary"

neg: South Africa cricket match fixing a leather jacket. The promised R500,000 did not materialise. Before the one-day series, Cronje received repeated calls from "Sanjay" asking him to fix a match. Cronje gave him the names of Gibbs, Strydom and Boje to try to get rid of him. Cronje was offered $140,000 for the fifth ODI if Gibbs scored under 20, Williams went for more than 50 and South Africa scored around 270. On 28 August, Gibbs and Williams were suspended from international cricket for six months. Gibbs was fined R60,000 and Williams R10,000. Strydom received no punishment. On 11 October, Cronje was banned from playing

neg: African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem in Liberia in 1967. There, they built a community adhering to “laws of righteousness”. Prince Rakhamim, who was a community leader at the time, described what living in Liberia did for the community: We chose to stay there about three and a half years in order to get rid of the foolishness of America before making way to the land of Israel. To make a person born again. To die from the hell we came out of, to get rid of it—to learn to get rid of the hate... to get rid of our bitterness... Liberia was always conceived as

neg: Capital punishment by country Liberia) are not included. Non-independent territories are considered to be under the jurisdiction of their parent country – which leads to unexpectedly late abolition dates for the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands, where Jersey (UK), the Cook Is (NZ), and the Netherlands Antilles, were the last territories of those states to abolish capital punishment, and all were rather later than the more well known abolitions on the respective mainlands. Defunct countries such as the GDR (East Germany), which abolished capital punishment in 1987 but was dissolved in 1990, are also not included. References are in the continental tables above

neg: Capital punishment in New York for the murder of law enforcement officers, but the Assembly did not act on the legislation. In 2008, Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, issued an executive order requiring the removal of the state's execution equipment. Capital punishment in New York While laws regarding the imposition of capital punishment in the State of New York are still on the books, it is no longer enforced as it is been declared unconstitutional in the state and this ruling has not been overturned. The last execution took place in 1963, when Eddie Mays was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison. The state was the

neg: Capital punishment in Tennessee than it did in almost ten years before hiatus. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Tennessee. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial). The method of execution is lethal injection, but a prisoner condemned before January 1, 1999 may choose to be electrocuted instead. Electrocution is also provided if lethal injection

neg: Capital punishment in Iceland offences. In 1928 the death penalty was abolished entirely, and has not since had a place in Icelandic law. Since the 1995 revision of the constitution, the reintroduction of capital punishment is unconstitutional. Capital punishment in Iceland Capital punishment in Iceland was practiced until 1830. Capital punishment was abolished in 1928. The medieval Icelandic Commonwealth (930–1262), having no central executive powers, did not apply capital punishment. It was, however, possible for the Althing to declare a man "réttdræpur" (English: "rightfully killable"). This made the killing of the person in question legal—although the executive power was invested in whosoever cared to

neg: Charity Standish to do. Kay, at one point, found out from Reese that a succubus can, after having a one-night stand with someone, die. Kay started to discover that zombie Charity wanted Miguel dead. Kay started regretting what she did and wanted to get rid of zombie Charity. Meanwhile, Tabitha's real life doll Timmy found out that the real Charity can be saved when a device called the Demon’s horn is used. Timmy left in search for the demon’s horn. Zombie Charity then saw Timmy as a threat and proceeded to try and get rid of him. Meanwhile, Kay time after time

neg: John Spenkelink case became a national "cause célèbre", encompassing both the broader debate over the morality of the death penalty and the narrower question of whether the punishment fitted Spenkelink's crime. His cause was taken up by former Florida Governor LeRoy Collins, actor Alan Alda, and singer Joan Baez, among many others. Also at issue was the assertion that capital punishment discriminated against the poor and underprivileged—Spenkelink often signed his prison correspondence with the epigram, "capital punishment means those without capital get the punishment." The execution was finally carried out on May 25, 1979, in "Old Sparky", the Florida State Prison electric

neg: Capital punishment in Iceland Capital punishment in Iceland Capital punishment in Iceland was practiced until 1830. Capital punishment was abolished in 1928. The medieval Icelandic Commonwealth (930–1262), having no central executive powers, did not apply capital punishment. It was, however, possible for the Althing to declare a man "réttdræpur" (English: "rightfully killable"). This made the killing of the person in question legal—although the executive power was invested in whosoever cared to pursue it, instead of being the duty of state officials. From 1550 to 1830, approximately 240 individuals were executed in Iceland. Execution methods included beheading, hanging, burning at the stake and drowning. Whereas

neg: Capital punishment in Suriname Capital punishment in Suriname Capital punishment was abolished in Suriname in 2015. The last execution took place in 1982. By signing the Treaty of San José in 1987, the death penalty had already been abolished "de facto". Since Suriname was a Dutch colony until 1975, it followed Dutch law, which did not permit capital punishment. From independence in 1975 to 1980, capital punishment was on the books, but no crimes committed were considered severe enough to warrant prosecution for it. From 1980 to 1987, during the period of military dictatorship, the death penalty was used by the military government in

neg: Satires (Horace) another funny story of a last-minute delivery from an overpowering enemy. Horace is accosted by an ambitious flatterer and would-be poet who hopes that Horace will help him to worm his way into the circle of Maecenas' friends. Horace tries in vain to get rid of the Boor. He assures him that this is not how Maecenas and his friends operate. Yet he only manages to get rid of him, when finally a creditor of the Boor appears and drags him off to court, with Horace offering to serve as a witness (74–78). Satire 1.10, "Nempe incomposito" ("I did indeed

neg: Punishment (psychology) any punishment-avoiding behavior (even standing still) is reinforced. Positive punishment occurs when a response produces a stimulus and that response decreases in probability in the future in similar circumstances. Negative punishment occurs when a response produces the removal of a stimulus and that response decreases in probability in the future in similar circumstances. Simply put, reinforcers serve to increase behaviors whereas punishers serve to decrease behaviors; thus, positive reinforcers are stimuli that the subject will work to attain, and negative reinforcers are stimuli that the subject will work to be rid of or to end. The table below illustrates the

neg: Capital punishment in Switzerland been launched to amend the Constitution to provide for the reintroduction of capital punishment. The first, in 1985, would have made drug dealing punishable by death. It did not manage to collect the required 100,000 signatures for a binding national referendum. In August 2010, family members of a murder victim launched another constitutional amendment initiative to provide for capital punishment in cases of murder combined with sexual violence. The initiative quickly found itself at the center of public attention and was roundly rejected by political leaders; it was withdrawn a day after its official publication. Capital punishment in Switzerland Capital

neg: Remorse a sense of sorrow, while self-condemnation suggests the kind of loathing and desire for punishment that characterizes interpersonal grudges. Fisher suggests that self-forgiveness does not necessarily require one to get rid of feelings or regret or remorse. Based on the study by Fisher, self-forgiveness seems to relate more closely to self-condemnation and not remorse. When trying to convince people to forgive themselves, it is crucial not to erase the potentially adaptive feelings of remorse along with the more destructive self-condemnation. People can grow and experience prosocial behaviors once they accept responsibility for their own transgressions. For genuine self-forgiveness, one must

neg: Capital punishment in Wisconsin first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes. In 2006, an advisory referendum showed 56 % of the Wisconsin voters in favor of reinstating capital punishment. The state legislature did not adopt any statute to apply the popular vote. Capital punishment in Wisconsin Capital punishment in Wisconsin was abolished in 1853. Wisconsin was one of the earliest United States states to abolish the death penalty, and is the only state that has performed only one execution in its history. Since its admission to the Union in 1848, as the 30th State, the only execution carried out in Wisconsin

neg: Capital punishment in the United States who normally opposed the death penalty when asked the 1937 question. A similar result was found in 2001 when respondents were polled about the execution of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing that killed 168 victims. Capital punishment is a controversial issue, with many prominent organizations and individuals participating in the debate. Amnesty International and other groups oppose capital punishment on moral grounds. Some law enforcement organizations, and some victims' rights groups support capital punishment. The United States is one of the four developed countries that still practice capital punishment, along with Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. Religious groups are

neg: Capital punishment in Croatia Capital punishment in Croatia Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1990 when it was constitutionally abolished. The last execution had taken place under Yugoslavia in 1987. Hanging was replaced by firing squads in 1959 in Yugoslavia. Capital punishment was abolished in SR Croatia in 1974, but remained legal for federal crimes within SFR Yugoslavia. In the time of Yugoslavia, several court cases resulted in capital punishment: The last civilian execution in Croatia was done in 1987, when a former truck driver Dušan Kosić was executed for the 1 March 1983 murder of his coworker Čedomir Matijević, his wife Slavica and

neg: Capital punishment in Croatia convention was signed on 3 July 2002, ratified on 3 February 2003, and came into force on 1 July 2003. Source: SPSK Database Capital punishment in Croatia Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1990 when it was constitutionally abolished. The last execution had taken place under Yugoslavia in 1987. Hanging was replaced by firing squads in 1959 in Yugoslavia. Capital punishment was abolished in SR Croatia in 1974, but remained legal for federal crimes within SFR Yugoslavia. In the time of Yugoslavia, several court cases resulted in capital punishment: The last civilian execution in Croatia was done in 1987, when

neg: Capital punishment in South Korea hinted that the executions of death row inmates will resume, breaking the virtual 13-year moratorium. The remarks came a few days after Kim Kil-tae, who raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl, was convicted. However, this did not happen. In December 2010, Kimk's death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and the prosecutors did not appeal to the Supreme Court. Capital punishment in South Korea Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of 2017, there are at least 300 people in South Korea under a death sentence. Executions are carried out by hanging. On August 27, 2015, the

neg: Capital punishment in Suriname José in 1987, and in March 2015, the National Assembly approved legislation formally abolishing the death penalty in Suriname. But the legislators raised the highest prison term limits from 30 to 50 years in what is seen as a compromise to amending the Criminal code. Capital punishment in Suriname Capital punishment was abolished in Suriname in 2015. The last execution took place in 1982. By signing the Treaty of San José in 1987, the death penalty had already been abolished "de facto". Since Suriname was a Dutch colony until 1975, it followed Dutch law, which did not permit capital punishment.

neg: Capital punishment in Gibraltar completely abolished on 8 November 1965, in line with British practice. However, death sentences were last passed in Gibraltar in 1952. In 2001, Gibraltar still retained capital punishment for Treason and piracy. However, capital punishment was abolished in 2002, when the death penalty was outlawed under all circumstances in all the British Overseas Territories. Capital punishment in Gibraltar Capital punishment in Gibraltar included public execution in the nineteenth century until 1864. The last sentence of death was passed in 1952. Under British law, capital punishment was almost abolished in 1965, in line with British practice. It was entirely abolished in

neg: Capital punishment in Hong Kong Capital punishment in Hong Kong Capital punishment in Hong Kong was formally abolished in 1993 by the repeal the Corporal Punishment Ordinance. Before then, capital punishment was the usual sentence given since the establishment of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong for offences such as murder, kidnapping ending in death, and piracy. The last execution in Hong Kong was carried out on 16 November 1966 when Wong Kai-Kei, age 26, was hanged at Stanley Prison. Following this, the death penalty was suspended. One of the reasons was that the United Kingdom also de facto abolished capital punishment the following year.

neg: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj should reflect kindness and tenderness of mothers," in his public lecture at Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar. On 14 January 2010, Elbegdorj announced that he would, henceforth, systematically use his prerogative to pardon all persons sentenced to death. He stated that most countries in the world had abolished the death penalty, and Mongolia should follow their example. He suggested that capital punishment would be commuted to a thirty-year prison sentence. The decision was controversial; when Elbegdorj announced it in Parliament, MPRP representatives did not give the applause customarily due after a presidential speech. (See: Capital punishment in Mongolia) Elbegdorj stated

neg: Body snatching of corpses for anatomical purposes in the UK were those condemned to death and dissection by the courts. Those who were sentenced to dissection by the courts were often guilty of comparatively harsher crimes. Such sentences did not provide enough subjects for the medical schools and private anatomical schools (which did not require a licence before 1832). During the 18th century hundreds had been executed for trivial crimes, but by the 19th century only about 56 people were being sentenced to capital punishment each year. With the expansion of the medical schools, however, as many as 500 cadavers were needed

neg: Kerestir (Hasidic dynasty) was saved, and ever since Jews who have been plagued with this problem have used Reb Shaya'le's picture to rid mice from their homes. A more authentic version of the story is the one about the mice in Shloime Engel's warehouse. Shloime Engle lived in Tokaj, nearby to Kerestir and owned a wholesale food business. He was suffering from mice eating his warehouse inventory and when he brought his plight to Reb Shaya'le, the Rebbe (or Shloime Engel) quoted the Talmud noting that mice came as a punishment to those who did not tithe properly. Shlomie Engel protested that not

neg: Campaigns against corporal punishment that of the Humanitarian League, with its regular magazine "The Humanitarian", which campaigned for several years for the abolition of the chastisement of young seamen in the Royal Navy, a goal partially achieved in 1906 when naval birching was abandoned as a summary punishment. However, it did not manage to get the Navy to abolish caning as a punishment, which continued at Naval training establishments until 1967. The Howard League for Penal Reform campaigned in the 1930s for, among many other things, the abolition of judicial corporal punishment by cat-o'-nine-tails or birching. This was eventually achieved in the U.K. in

neg: LUBILOSA up the production and get rid of all sources of contamination, but this was eventually achieved with the backstopping of IITA, CAB International and Roy Bateman of IPARC, who installed a large-scale version of the 'MycoHarvester'. The production licence was granted in late 2007. For the following four years, production and marketing were taken care of by the Fondation Agir pour l'Education et la Santé, of which Viviane Wade was president. Unfortunately, FAES did not survive because of internal disagreements, especially concerning the extent to which private capital should be brought in to perpetuate the production of Green Muscle and

neg: Capital punishment in Arkansas The last execution in the state before "Furman v. Georgia" was that of Charles Fields on January 24, 1964 for rape. New capital punishment laws were passed in Arkansas and came into force on March 23, 1973. The first execution would not come until June 18, 1990 when John Swindler was electrocuted. His was the first and only execution so far on the new electric chair constructed by the state in the 1970s. According to Michael L. Radelet of the University of Colorado there have been two instances of executions that did not go according to plan in Arkansas since

neg: Naru Narusegawa tolerant of Keitaro when he first arrived in the anime than the manga, and halfway through Volume 1 in the manga, she participates in the "Get Rid of Keitaro Plan" devised by the other girls and becomes the coldest of the group towards him. In the manga, Naru made promises with three people that she would get into Tokyo University. At first, she did it because of her crush for Seta. However, it started when Naru was only two years old and living in Hinata when she and Keitaro promised to go to Tokyo University together. Because she was too

neg: Desmond Tutu cause of the Sharpeville Six who had been sentenced to death; opposed on principle to capital punishment, he called for their lives to be spared. He telephoned representatives of the U.S., British, and German governments urging them to pressure Botha on the issue, and personally met with Botha at the latter's Tuynhuys home to discuss the issue. The two did not get on well, and argued. Botha accused Tutu of supporting the ANC's armed campaign; Tutu said that while he did not support their use of violence, he supported the ANC's objective of a non-racial, democratic South Africa. The death

neg: Capital punishment in the Czech Republic Capital punishment in the Czech Republic Capital punishment ("trest smrti" in Czech) is forbidden by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech Republic (part of the constitutional law of the Czech Republic) and is simultaneously prohibited by international legal obligations arising from the Czech Republic's membership of both the Council of Europe and the European Union. Historically the capital punishment was legal, and was used, when the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovak Federation, until the punishment was abolished by amendment of the federal criminal code in 1990. The last execution was carried out in 1989. Capital

neg: Capital punishment in Belarus death penalty. Following a referendum on the issue, the Belarusian government took steps to change the way capital punishment is imposed and carried out. International organisations, such as the United Nations, have criticised the methods Belarus uses when carrying out capital punishment. The use of capital punishment is one factor keeping the country out of the Council of Europe. Article 24 of the Constitution of Belarus states that: As per the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, capital punishment can be imposed for the following acts: Most of the death penalty convictions were for murder committed under aggravating circumstances.

neg: Smash! (comics) moved to "Pow" when they merged, arriving in "Smash" when it in turn absorbed "Pow", and would subsequently be revived in "Knockout", finally ending his career in "Whizzer and Chips" when it absorbed "Knockout" in June 1973. "Ronnie Rich" featured the richest kid in the world, who stands to inherit a fortune if only he can get rid of the money he's got. Drawn by Gordon Hogg, each week Ronnie spent his every last penny, in some reckless or extravagant way, only to have his scheme backfire and make him richer than ever. He never did get his hands on

neg: Capital punishment in California in the state. The state supreme court proposed in 2007 that the state adopt a constitutional amendment allowing the assignment of capital appeals to the courts of appeal to alleviate the backlog of such cases. Several victims' families testified to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice in opposition to capital punishment, explaining that whilst they had suffered great losses, they did not view retribution as morally acceptable, and that the high cost of capital punishment was preventing the solving of cold cases. But others who contest this argument said the greater cost of trials where the prosecution

neg: Tactical voting GROT (Get Rid Of Them) a tactical voter campaign whose sole aim was to help prevent the Conservative Party from gaining a 5th term in office. This coalition was drawn from individuals in all the main opposition parties and many who were not aligned with any party. While it would be hard to prove that GROT swung the election itself, it did attract significant media attention and brought tactical voting into the mainstream for the first time in UK politics. In 2001, the Democratic Left's successor organisation the New Politics Network organised a similar campaign. Since then tactical voting has

neg: Li Sheng (Three Kingdoms) "celebrities" (e.g., sons of famous officials), he engaged in superficial and fame-seeking behaviour to earn themselves praise from other officials and citizens in the imperial capital, Luoyang. The Wei emperor Cao Rui ( 226–239) felt disgusted when he heard about it and wanted to get rid of such unhealthy and corrupt practices, so he ordered an investigation. Someone reported Li Sheng as one of those involved, resulting in Li Sheng's arrest and imprisonment. However, with help from his wide network of connections, he managed to get himself released after spending a few years behind bars. In 239, Cao Rui died

neg: The Apprentice (UK TV series) second series, but could only get rid of the former. In subsequent series, this rule was changed after the show increased the number of candidates for the competition, meaning that Lord Sugar could conduct double firings where needed by the film crew as part of the filming schedule. Filming for many of the tasks involve locations within London and across the UK in various cities and towns, and on a number of occasions when tasks take the teams abroad, across Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. For each series, the candidates are provided with accommodation within

neg: Capital punishment in Belarus qualifying for capital punishment declined during this time, Presidential Decree No. 21, issued on 21 October 1997, added "terrorism" to the list of capital offenses. When the Criminal Code was updated in 1999, the number of capital offenses was further reduced. This reduction was assisted by the introduction of life imprisonment in December 1997. Since March 1, 1994, women are ineligible for capital punishment and persons under the age of 18 at the time of the crime or over 65 at the time of sentencing have been exempt from capital punishment since January 2001. Those who are mentally ill may

neg: Capital punishment in Nigeria Capital punishment in Nigeria Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Nigeria. Methods of executions include hanging and shooting and capital crimes include murder, terrorism-related offenses, rape, robbery, kidnapping, sodomy, homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery, incest, assisting the suicide of a person legally unable to consent, perjury in a capital case causing wrongful execution, treason, some military offences like mutiny and practice of indigenous beliefs in states applying Shariah law. During the Nigerian military juntas of 1966–79 and 1983–98, the government used capital punishment against political opponents, most notoriously when General Sani Abacha ordered the execution of the Ogoni Nine by hanging

neg: The Bumpkin Billionaires blessing. They aspired to returning to the simple life of paupers and were desperate to get rid of their money. Thus they would come up with an endless number of "get-poor-quick schemes", much to the distress of their long-suffering bank manager. The stories usually ended with the Bumpkins' plans backfiring, leaving them either as well off as they were before or even more wealthy, much to the delight of the bank manager. It originally debuted in the UK comic "Whoopee!" in issue 1, dated 9 March 1974. When "Whoopee!" merged with "Whizzer and Chips" in 1985, the strip went with

neg: Capital punishment in Texas in heaping portions, the sorts of meals that recall a childhood Sunday." Many female prisoners under the death sentence did not take a last meal. However, Lawrence Russel Brewer, a white supremacist gang member convicted for the high-profile hate crime dragging death of James Byrd Jr., ordered a large last meal and did not eat it before his execution. In response, John Whitmire, a member of the Texas legislature, asked the TDCJ to stop special meals. Whitmire stated to the press that Brewer's victim, Mr. Byrd, "didn't get to choose his last meal." The TDCJ complied. Brian Price, a former

neg: Capital punishment in Norway Capital punishment in Norway Capital punishment in Norway () has been constitutionally prohibited since 2014. Before that, it had been fully abolished in 1979, and earlier, from 1905 the penal code had abolished capital punishment in peacetime. In practice the last execution in peacetime was carried out on 25 February 1876, when Kristoffer Nilsen Grindalen was beheaded in Løten, but several people, mainly Norwegians and Germans, were executed after the Second World War and the years of Nazi occupation; among them Vidkun Quisling. In addition to the usual capital crimes of murder and treason, medieval Norwegian law demanded execution also

neg: Capital punishment in Sudan Capital punishment in Sudan Capital punishment in Sudan is legal under Article 27 of the Sudanese Criminal Act 1991. The Act is based on Sharia law which prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment, such as amputation. Sudan has moderate execution rates, ranking 8th overall in 2014 when compared to other countries that still continue the practice, after at least 29 executions were reported (although it is expected that over 100 occurred). Even though Sudan's legal systems have been drawn from various other jurisdictions, capital punishment has always existed in the country. During the last 100 years there have

neg: Krystle Carrington deceased wife, Celia Machado. Cristal explains that she was once in a Mexican hospital, where she befriended Celia and encouraged her to emigrate to the United States using Cristal's identity. Blake pursues Cristal romantically in "The Butler Did It", but she is uncomfortable when she realizes that he sees her as a substitute for Celia, and goes back to Arizona. Cristal returns in "Snowflakes in Hell" to give Blake her support when he learns that Steven is not his biological son. Alexis tries to get rid of Cristal in "Queen of Cups", but she only helps Blake and Cristal get

neg: Nate Kinski stop Ezra. Sheila and Nate decided to convince Ezra that they did not get along, by throwing insults at each other. Nate was unsure of the plan, but eventually went along with it and got "a bit too carried away". However, Ezra believed Nate and confided in him about his plans to redevelop the Waterhole and get rid of Sheila. Sheila also went too far when she called Nate a coward for not dating since Chris left. Sheila encouraged Nate to talk to customer Alistair Hall (Nick Cain), but when Alistair realised Nate was gay, he went on "a homophobic

neg: Frank Charles McGee Tory minority government. However, a judicial recount determined that McGee had lost the election by four votes. As an MP, McGee was a strong opponent of capital punishment, and in 1960 he introduced a private members bill to abolish the practice. His stance was initially unpopular and led to death threats against himself and his family. Though his bill did not pass his initiative led to amendments to the Criminal Code abolishing capital punishment for several crimes. The movement for abolition led to capital punishment being halted in practice in 1962 with the practice being formally abolished in 1976. McGee

neg: Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States under the age of 19 at the time of execution since at least 1964. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 when the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, 22 people have been executed for crimes committed while they were under the age of 18. All of the 22 executed individuals were males. Twenty-one of them were age 17 when the crime occurred; one, Sean Sellers (executed on February 4, 1999, in Oklahoma), was 16 years old when he murdered his mother, stepfather, and a

neg: Sound of the Underground (album) They come in expecting to work, and there's a trust there which, I think, dates back to that day." Xenomania had initially only created two songs for the album, "Sound of the Underground" and "No Good Advice". Higgins said, "They'd sent them off to these other Swedish guys and different people in the UK [...] I said, 'There are two completely separate groups on this record. We need to get rid of six tracks and I'll replace them'. We did that and allowed the album to stand up as a body of work." "Sound of the Underground" remains Girls Aloud's

neg: The Emperor's New School Musical good enough to be in it. Things are saved when Yatta gets a pop superstar, Dirk Brock (Joey Lawrence), to perform in the musical. Kuzco can't star in the musical anymore, so he tries to get rid of Dirk. Yzma also tries to get rid of Dirk. Kuzco getting rid of Dirk Brock could cause Malina to hate him. He goes through with it by giving Dirk a "laryngitis" potion and causing him to lose his voice. But, in the end, Kuzco does the right thing by fixing Dirk's voice, and even when Yzma comes along and things go wrong

neg: Who Will Tell My Brother? Who Will Tell My Brother? Who Will Tell My Brother is a young adult novel by Marlene Carvell. Evan, a Native American teenage boy, tries to get rid of his high school's Native American mascot because it is racist to so many cultures. His brother was the first one to try to do it when he was in high school, but he failed. While trying to get rid of the mascot, Evan has to deal with violence, name calling, and bullying. Every month he meets with the school board to try to get rid of the mascot, but it seems

neg: Capital and corporal punishment in Judaism determined to go through with it. In effect this did away with the application of the death penalty. The rabbis were aware of this, and they declared openly that they found capital punishment repugnant to them… There is another reason which argues for the abolition of capital punishment. It is the fact of human fallibility. Too often we learn of people who were convicted of crimes and only later are new facts uncovered by which their innocence is established. The doors of the jail can be opened, in such cases we can partially undo the injustice. But the dead cannot

neg: Capital punishment in Canada the National Advancement Party of Canada (since 2014). Among the reasons cited for banning capital punishment in Canada were fears about wrongful convictions, concerns about the state taking people's lives, and uncertainty about the death penalty's role as a deterrent for crime. The 1959 conviction of 14-year-old Steven Truscott was a significant impetus (although certainly not the only one) toward the abolition of capital punishment. Truscott was sentenced to death for the murder of a classmate. His sentence was later commuted to a life sentence and in 2007 he was acquitted of the charges (although the appeal court did not

neg: Capital punishment in Wyoming state that does not allow news reporters to be execution witnesses, allowing only people authorized by the condemned. Mark Hopkinson did not authorize any to his execution in 1992, so there were no witnesses at all. First degree-murder is punishable by death if it involves one of the following aggravating factors: Capital punishment in Wyoming Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, Wyoming carried out only one execution: that of Mark Hopkinson in 1992 for ordering the murder of four people. Currently,

neg: Capital punishment debate in the United States of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates." In 2009, a survey of leading criminologists found that 88% of them did not think capital punishment was an effective deterrent to crime. Surveys and polls conducted in the last 15 years show that some police chiefs and others involved in law enforcement may not believe that the death penalty has any deterrent effect on individuals who commit violent crimes. In a 1995 poll of randomly selected police chiefs from across the U.S., the officers rank

neg: Capital punishment debate in the United States members are involved in multiple other issue-oriented projects. In a poll completed by Gallup in October 2009, 65% of Americans supported the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, while 31% were against and 5% did not have an opinion. In the U.S., surveys have long shown a majority in favor of capital punishment. An ABC News survey in July 2006 found 65 percent in favour of capital punishment, consistent with other polling since 2000. About half the American public says the death penalty is not imposed frequently enough and 60 percent believe it is applied fairly, according to a

neg: Capital punishment in the Philippines 2017, where it did not appear to have enough votes to pass. In a 2017 poll, 67% of Filipinos supported the death penalty. The Philippines was the only country aside from the United States that used the electric chair, due to its being introduced during the US colonial period. Until its first abolition in 1987, the country reverted to using death by firing squad. After re-introduction of the death penalty in 1993, the country switched to lethal injection as its sole method of execution. Capital punishment in the Philippines Capital punishment in the Philippines has a varied history and is

neg: Capital punishment debate in the United States revamp their laws and make them more constitutional. Twenty eight states did just that and the court eventually allowed the death penalty again through a series of cases in 1976, collectively known as "Gregg v. Georgia". The anti-death penalty movement rose again in response to the reinstatement of capital punishment in many states. In the courts, the movement's response has yielded certain limitations on the death penalty's application. For example, juveniles, the mentally ill, and the intellectually disabled can no longer be executed. However, the Supreme Court also made it more difficult to allege racial discrimination within the capital punishment

neg: Government of the Inca Empire were also legal protections for commoners, despite their unequal legal standing. Soldiers who stole food could face capital punishment, as could their captains. Abusive or negligent officials likewise faced punishment. The sentencing of an individual to death rested only among the highest authorities: provincial governors, the "apu" of the four "suyu", and the Sapa Inca himself. The Incas did not have prisons. Instead capital punishment was used for offenses including murder, blasphemy, adultery, theft, laziness, second offenses in drunkenness and rebellion. Punishment for lesser crimes included blinding and cutting off limbs. The Inca Empire was a federalist system which consisted

neg: Religion and capital punishment Other crimes worthy of capital or corporal punishment, according to the Laws of Manu, include when a lower caste man makes love to a woman of the highest caste, a Sudra slandering a Kshatriya, when men and women of the most noble family are stolen from, and when a women is violated without consent. With a history of rulers who favored capital punishment, Ashoka is the only known ruler to openly oppose its use. The Mughal Invasion in 16th century marked the end of Ashoka's rule and the reintroduction of the death penalty by subsequent rulers. In the 1980s parliament

neg: Capital punishment in Utah governor with consent of the state senate. The governor can only grant a stay of execution not extending beyond the next session of the board. Under Utah law, aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the penalty of death. It is defined as follows: Capital punishment in Utah Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah. Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1967-1976 national moratorium on capital punishment, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. Utah is one of only two states to have ever carried out executions

neg: Capital punishment in Kansas the only crime punishable by death. Despite reinstatement, no one has been executed since. Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kansas but it is rarely used. Kansas is one of only two death-penalty states, along with New Hampshire, where no executions have been carried out since the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is

neg: Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kansas but it is rarely used. Kansas is one of only two death-penalty states, along with New Hampshire, where no executions have been carried out since the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death. There is no retrial. The Governor

neg: Capital punishment in Spain Capital punishment in Spain The 1978 Spanish Constitution bans capital punishment in Spain. Spain completely abolished capital punishment for all offenses, including during wartime conditions, in October 1995. The last executions were carried out on September 27, 1975 when five members of ETA and Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front (FRAP) were executed by firing squad for murder following a much-publicised trial in which a number of the convicted (including a pregnant woman) were given clemency by General Francisco Franco, and the sentences of the remaining five, due to the unavailability of executioners versed in the use of the garrote, were carried

neg: Capital punishment in South Dakota Capital punishment in South Dakota Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of October 2018, four condemned, all white males, have been executed since capital punishment was reinstated in the state in 1979; two of those cases were prisoners who waived their normal appeals and choose to be put to death. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed

neg: Capital punishment in Missouri Missouri law also provides the death penalty for treason, and placing a bomb near a bus terminal. Statute books also provide it for aggravating kidnapping, but capital punishment for this crime is no longer constitutional since the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case "Kennedy v. Louisiana". Capital punishment in Missouri Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Missouri. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, the judge decides the sentence. The power of

neg: Capital punishment in Utah Capital punishment in Utah Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah. Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1967-1976 national moratorium on capital punishment, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. Utah is one of only two states to have ever carried out executions by firing squad, and the only one to do so after the moratorium ended. The spring 1850 garroting of Patsowits, a Ute, was the first recorded execution in the provisional State of Deseret. Utah Territory was established in September 1850, and it permitted condemned prisoners

neg: Capital punishment in South Dakota first act he signed as governor. All subsequent executions have been by lethal injection. Capital punishment in South Dakota Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of October 2018, four condemned, all white males, have been executed since capital punishment was reinstated in the state in 1979; two of those cases were prisoners who waived their normal appeals and choose to be put to death. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase

neg: Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it put to death Charles Brooks Jr.. It was the first execution in the state since 1964. Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, has executed 558 offenders from the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to December 11, 2018 (the Alvin Avon Braziel, Jr. execution), more than a third of the national

neg: Capital punishment in Ohio to be a more technologically advanced and humane method of execution. Ohio also became the second state to use the electric chair. 28 hangings, and 315 electrocutions were carried out at the now defunct Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus from 1885 to 1963. "These links are to official State of Ohio records regarding executions in the state and Ohio administrative rules and statutes pertaining to capital punishment in Ohio" Capital punishment in Ohio Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Ohio. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must

neg: Capital punishment in New York Capital punishment in New York While laws regarding the imposition of capital punishment in the State of New York are still on the books, it is no longer enforced as it is been declared unconstitutional in the state and this ruling has not been overturned. The last execution took place in 1963, when Eddie Mays was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison. The state was the first to adopt the electric chair as a method of execution, which replaced hanging. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling declaring existing capital punishment statutes unconstitutional in "Furman v. Georgia" (1972), New York was without

neg: Capital punishment in Austria Capital punishment in Austria Capital punishment in Austria was abolished in 1787, although restored in 1795. Unlike other countries with a minimum age of 18, the minimum age for execution in Austria was 20. The method of execution in Austria was hanging until the annexation by Nazi Germany (1938-1945) when it was replaced by the guillotine. After World War II, hanging was re-introduced by the British. The last person to be executed in Austria was Johann Trnka. He was hanged on March 24, 1950 for the crime of murder. Capital punishment for murder was abolished on June 30 that year;

neg: Capital punishment in Jamaica of death. Capital punishment in Jamaica Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Jamaica. Currently, the only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder. The method of execution is hanging. The last person executed in Jamaica was Nathan Foster, who was convicted of murder and hanged in 1988. The Jamaican Parliament had placed a moratorium on the death penalty until 2009, when it was lifted. Since 2009, capital punishment is legal and executions in Jamaica could resume; however, there have been no executions since. It was estimated in 2012 that there were seven or eight inmates in Jamaica currently under

neg: Capital punishment in Spain it was not swiftly carried out, such as in the case of Andrés Ruiz Márquez "(Coronel Montenegro)", a member of a Spanish National Liberation Front (FELN) commando who had set up a string of small bombs in Madrid. He was arrested by the Spanish police in 1964 and condemned to death but saw his sentence commuted to life in prison. Capital punishment in Spain The 1978 Spanish Constitution bans capital punishment in Spain. Spain completely abolished capital punishment for all offenses, including during wartime conditions, in October 1995. The last executions were carried out on September 27, 1975 when five

neg: Capital punishment in Massachusetts Nevertheless, Massachusetts capital punishment statute was struck down in 1984 as violation of due process, because it allowed a death sentence only when the defendant had pleaded not guilty. The state legislature never passed a statute to reinstate capital punishment, despite support from then-governor Michael Dukakis. Following the homicide of a police officer in Yarmouth in April 2018 and a police sergeant in Weymouth in July 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker stated that he supports capital punishment for defendants convicted of murdering a police officer. Federal crimes committed in Massachusetts may still be subject to the death penalty. For example,

neg: Capital punishment in the Maldives Capital punishment in the Maldives Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the Maldives, but the last execution (as of May 2018) was carried out in 1954, when the country was a British colony. The only legal method of execution is lethal injection, although hanging has been proposed. Crimes punishable by death include murder, adultery, apostasy, terrorism and treason - however the punishment is not mandatory for any crime. The death penalty is a legal punishment for defendants over seven years old. Currently, it is believed that there are about 17-20 individuals under a sentence of death in the Maldives,

neg: Capital punishment in Singapore certain states, such as Texas, still have similar or even higher rates of execution than Singapore. Even when an American politician mentions capital punishment in Singapore, the application of the death penalty in the United States is limited by the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution to only aggravated murders committed by mentally competent adults. For example, former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich repeated his longstanding advocacy for Singaporean methods in the United States's War on Drugs during campaign interviews and speeches. Capital punishment in Singapore Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Singapore. The city-state had the second highest

neg: Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) 1931, over 500 hangings occurred in Georgia. In August, 1924, the Georgia General Assembly outlawed hanging and introduced electrocution instead. Georgia then used this method until 1972, when "Furman v. Georgia" declared the capital punishment procedures unconstitutional. Electrocution was re-instated, along with the death penalty, in 1976 as a result of "Gregg v. Georgia". In 2000, the General Assembly passed a new law instituting lethal injection instead of electrocution. Overall, 1,022 executions have occurred in Georgia since 1735, the fifth highest total in the union. Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S.

neg: Capital punishment in Denmark which was handed down in a civil court on 13 June 1928. On 1 January 1933, Denmark abolished all capital punishment under the old penal code, when the new Danish Penal Code automatically came into effect, entirely replacing the older code from 10 February 1866. Under military law, however, capital punishment still remained an option. Between 1945 and 1947, three special laws were enacted to bring capital punishment back into the penal code, to address crimes committed during the occupation of Denmark. These were ex post facto laws and were part of the purges (Danish: "Retsopgøret") attempting to meet public

neg: Capital punishment in Jamaica Capital punishment in Jamaica Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Jamaica. Currently, the only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder. The method of execution is hanging. The last person executed in Jamaica was Nathan Foster, who was convicted of murder and hanged in 1988. The Jamaican Parliament had placed a moratorium on the death penalty until 2009, when it was lifted. Since 2009, capital punishment is legal and executions in Jamaica could resume; however, there have been no executions since. It was estimated in 2012 that there were seven or eight inmates in Jamaica currently under a sentence

neg: Tony Hancock "Very difficult man to get on with. He used to drink excessively. You felt sorry for him. He ended up on his own. I thought, he's got rid of everybody else, he's going to get rid of himself and he did." There is a sculpture by Bruce Williams (1996) in his honour in Old Square, Corporation Street, Birmingham, a plaque on the house where he was born in Hall Green, Birmingham, and a plaque on the wall of the hotel in Bournemouth where he spent some of his early life. There is also a plaque, placed by the Dead Comics

neg: Francis Joseph Huchet German occupying forces in Jersey during the Second World War). All further death sentences in Jersey were commuted to life imprisonment until 1986, when the death penalty was abolished. Capital punishment in the UK Francis Joseph Huchet Francis Joseph Huchet (1927 - 9 October 1959) was the last convicted criminal to be executed by hanging in the Channel Islands. He was 32 years old. He had he been sentenced to death on 10 September 1959 by the Deputy Bailiff of Jersey for the capital murder of John Perrée on the night of 30 March 1959, Easter Monday. John Perrée, a

neg: Compound verb Common examples include: to "offer [one's] condolences", to "take a bite out of", and to "get rid of" (while "to rid" and "to condole" are infrequent). Sometimes examples labeled serial verbs turn out to be compound verbs, as in "What did you "go and do" that for?" and "Your business might just "get up and leave"." Another variety of open-compound verb is common in English, German, and some other languages: The phrasal verb is in one in which a verb word and a preposition, particle, or both act together as a unit which does not convey what the words would

neg: Roper v. Simmons The appeal challenged the constitutionality of capital punishment for persons who were juveniles when their crimes were committed, citing the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. A 1988 Supreme Court decision, "Thompson v. Oklahoma", barred execution of offenders under the age of 16. In 1989, another case, "Stanford v. Kentucky," upheld the possibility of capital punishment for offenders who were 16 or 17 years old when they committed the capital offense. The same day in 1989, the Supreme Court ruled in "Penry v. Lynaugh" that it was permissible to execute the intellectually disabled. However, in 2002, that decision

neg: Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry Montreal Forum with bilingual lyrics. Ironically, the Canadiens were responsible for the Maple Leafs' entrance to the League. The NHL had been formed when four of the five teams in the National Hockey Association—including the Canadiens—wanted to get rid of Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone. When they discovered the League constitution did not allow them to simply expel the Blueshirts, they simply created a new league, the NHL, and did not invite the Blueshirts to join them, effectively leaving Livingstone in a one-team league. However, Canadiens owner George Kennedy felt it would be unthinkable not to have a team from