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	Capital punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus, capital punishment is the penalty for a crime so severe that it 'deserves' death, either by decapitation (losing one's head) or otherwise.
		On 30 November 1786, after having de facto blocked capital executions (the last was in 1769), Leopold promulgated the Reform of the penal code that abrogated the death penalty and gave the order to destroy all the instruments for capital execution wherever in his land.
		While those against capital punishment might claim this as an irrevocable right, proponents may claim that, as protection from abuse is the basis of such rights, that the right was forfeit by the seriousness of the crimes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capital_crime (5597 words)

	Capital punishment -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered (Putting a condemned person to death) execution of a prisoner as a (The act of punishing) punishment for a serious ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act) crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
		On 30 November 1786, after having de facto blocked capital executions (the last was in 1769), Leopold promulgated the Reform of the (The legal code governing crimes and their punishment) penal code that definitely abrogated death penalty and gave the order to destroy all the instruments for capital execution wherever in his land.
		In 1994 capital punishment was abolished also for military offences in war time, so since 1994 no crime can be punished with death in (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/capital_punishment.htm (5383 words)

	Capital punishment article - Capital punishment execution punishment crime treason murder robbery rape prison - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offence or a capital crime.
		Thus, capital punishment is the penalty for a crime so severe that it deserves decapitation (losing one's head).
		Those in favor of capital punishment most often build their views on a New Testament verse in which Christ allegedly advocates capital punishment for crimes against children.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Death_penalty (3274 words)

	People's Tribune 03-02 Enron is a capital crime! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Their crimes, like their drug habits, are generally protected by their access to all the justice that money can buy.
		This form of crime is a "Capital Crime" -- that is, a crime perpetrated by Capitalists (a class of people who have access to and control capital) against society and the working class.
		These crimes are usually committed by groups of capitalists and inevitably increase their economic dominance, further their usurpation of governmental power and attack human rights.
	www.lrna.org /league/PT/PT.2002.03/PT.2002.03.6.html (1147 words)

	capital crime deterrent punishment - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Capital punishment is meant to be a deterrent to crime, specifically murder...
		Capital punishment is a difficult subject to discuss as there are many different opinions that all contain some truth about this issue.
		Punishment in crime deterrence, United States, Capital punishment Contents: The death penalty is a deterrent...
	www.okkio.com /search/capital-crime-deterrent-punishment (505 words)

	Bureau of Justice Statistics Publications Alphabetical Listing
		Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96, 10/98.
		Presents data that compares crime in the United States and England with respect to crime rates (as measured both by victimization surveys and police statistics), conviction rates, incarceration rates, and length of sentences.
		Presents information about fl male crime victims ages 12 to 24 including the extent and characteristics of their victimization, such as weapon use, injury, and offender characteristics, and summarizes data about the reporting of crimes to police by this age group.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pubalp2.htm (9227 words)

	Capital Crime Writers - an Association of Ottawa Crime Writers
		Their roots in ORWA had shown them the benefits of a focused group and so Capital Crime Writers(CCW) was established.
		Capital Crime Writers has grown to a group of over seventy members who meet on the second Wednesday of every month at the Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.
		Capital Crime Writers is currently made up of Mystery/Crime writers at every stage of their writing career.
	www.capitalcrimewriters.ca (366 words)

	The Babylonian Talmud, Tract Sanhedron, Rodkinson, tr.; Book VIII: Chapter IX
		Now, if he should hold with the rabbis that such is guilty of a capital crime, then such a statement is not necessary, as there is a rule that no payment is required in a case of capital punishment.
		Then he must be tried under the crime "with a mother-in-law." But if she became his mother-in-law after her marriage, then he must be tried under the crime "with a married woman," as the prohibition against intercourse with her existed already before she became his mother-in-law.
		If, however, he has committed different crimes to which korath applies, he is not taken to the kyphos, as he is not considered as devoting his life to this crime, but as one careless concerning prohibitions.
	www.sacred-texts.com /jud/t08/t0812.htm (8467 words)

	Capital Punishment - Deterrent or Catalyst - A scriptural view of Capital Punishment - Mission to Israel
		Capital punishment can only be the deterrent to future potential criminals that God intends it to be, if the execution of a properly convicted criminal is carried out posthaste.
		The opponents to capital punishment argue that the death penalty is not a deterrent to future lawbreakers.
		ordain the death penalty as a judgment for, and a deterrent to, capital crime.
	www.missiontoisrael.org /capital-punishment.php (3383 words)

	Virginia Capital Crime Defense Attorney \| Washington D. C. Death Penalty Appeals \| Northumberland, Richmond & Fairfax ...
		If a person has been accused of a capital crime in Virginia, an experienced capital crime defense lawyer is needed for effective representation.
		Morissette is one of a small number of attorneys in private practice that is certified for capital defense representation in trials, appeals and habeas corpus proceedings by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, pursuant to standards developed by the Virginia legislature and the Supreme Court of Virginia.
		Virginia Capital Crime Defense Attorney, Daniel J. Morissette, serves clients in the areas of Manassas, Fairfax, Washington D.C., Alexandria, Warsaw, Clifton, Vienna, Middleburg, Warrenton, Leesburg, Heathsville, Callao, Burgess, Ophelia, Reedville, Farnham, Foneswood, Haynesville, Nomini Grove, Sharps, Village, and the counties of Northumberland, Richmond, Essex, Lancaster,m Westmoreland, Prince William, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Stafford.
	www.morissettelaw.com /CapitalCriminal.shtml (324 words)

	ipedia.com: Capital punishment Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Some jurisdictions that practice capital punishment restrict its use to a small number of criminal offences : principally, treason and murder, that is, the deliberate premeditated killing of another person.
		His hand holding the weapon was burnt, and his body wounded on several points; molten lead and other hot liquids were poured on the wounds; the regicide was then drawn and quartered; and his body was burnt.
		For example, while the Byzantine Empire replaced most death sentences with Mutilation (such as cutting off the tip of the criminal's nose), the Holy Roman Empire emphatically supported the death penalty and used it quite frequently (both states didn't yet have a prison system in the modern sense).
	www.ipedia.com /capital_punishment.html (3256 words)

	Capital Crime & Punishment by J. Daryl Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Capital punishment in and of itself, however, is not an act of "revenge," based on these definitions and distinctions.
		A view of life that acknowledges proportionality for crimes is not predicated upon "barbarity," contrary to the rhetoric of impassioned abolitionists.
		For example, in the sphere of race-based capital sentences and executions of those on death row, Bureau of Justice Statistics show that since 1976, contrary to conventional wisdom, the death penalty does not discriminate on the basis of race.
	www.touchstonemag.com /docs/issues/15.7docs/15-7pg29.html (4565 words)

	Crime Stoppers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Crime Stoppers is a community program, run by concerned citizens.
		National Capital Area Crime Stoppers has recovered nearly 40 million dollars worth of illicit drugs and stolen property since our beginning in 1985.
		Our Crime Stoppers program is the most efficient use of your charity crime fighting donation.
	www.crimestoppers.ca (233 words)

	National Capital Area Crime Solvers
		the tips line is not for crimes in progress or emergencies.
		National Capital Area Crime Solvers is a community based program which involves the media and the public in the fight against crime.
		You can help stop crime by calling the 24 hour tips line if you have information that would lead police to making an arrest.
	www.cash4tips.org (154 words)

	Chronic Murmuring: Rape as a Capital Crime
		But, if rape was punishable as a capital crime, then you have the unique situation where a rapist realizes that is in his best interest to murder the victim.
		First, the OT death penalty for specified sex crimes does not have to to with "the repercussions of the crime as it traces to the husband." Sex crimes are an attack upon the image of God and church as Bridegroom and Bride.
		If theoretically capital punishment for rapists should lead to a net increase increase in homicides, and empirically we have some proof that this is so, then I would have a hard time supporting such a law.
	scott.chattablogs.com /archives/011094.html (5145 words)

	Capital crime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Capital crime - A crime punishable by death.
		For legal advise regarding Capital crime, you can contact our legal staff via phone (800) 341-2684 or email myweblawyer@aol.com.
		Or, visit MyWebLawyer.com for any help you might need regarding Capital crime.
	www.mylawterms.com /Capital-crime.html (39 words)

	Amazon.com: Murder at the National Cathedral (Capital Crime Mysteries): Books: Margaret Truman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Truman's latest capital city mystery (Murder at the Kennedy Center), well served by the rich ecclesiastical accoutrements of its solemn setting, gets off to a fine start as law professor Mackensie Smith and his new wife, art gallery owner Annabel Reed, investigate the murder of high-profile Episcopalian priest Paul Singletary.
		Crime Fiction II : A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-1990 by Allen J. Hubin in Index
		The fact that this setting is also a place of crime and intriguing lends fascination to the the whole crime series.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0449219399?v=glance (1436 words)

	Pro Capital Punishment Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Dismissing capital punishment on that basis requires us to eliminate all prisons as well because they do not seem to be any more effective in the deterrence of crime.
		The states that have capital punishment are compelled to have it due to their higher crime rates, not the other way around.
		However, the risks involving capital punishment is not nearly as dangerous or as insensitive to those it puts at risk as the risks that are associated with abolitionist standards.
	www.wesleylowe.com /cp.html (12258 words)

	Touchstone Archives: Capital Crime & Punishment
		John Paul indicated that capital punishment is rarely necessary, since “rare” are the occasions that require it.
		See also the website for exhaustive statistical analysis of racial trends up to the present at the federal level as they apply to capital sentencing and executions.
		“Capital Crime and Punishment” first appeared in the September, 2002 issue of Touchstone.
	www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=15-07-029-f (4701 words)

	Social Capital in Crime, Corruption and Conflict
		In addition, inter-family social capital provides support networks for family members overwhelmed by such stressors as poverty and unemployment.
		This is doubly costly to society given that youth clubs are not only a place for young people to spend time but it is also a special opportunity for them to learn and practice social capital, reciprocity and shared values.
		Community-based organizations which threaten the status quo of violence and crime are frequently forced out of operation by Mafia and gang leaders who are reaping the benefits of the current system.
	www1.worldbank.org /prem/poverty/scapital/topic/crime1.htm (503 words)

	KnowledgePlex: Social Capital and Crime in New York City's Low-Income Housing, 2002
		This article presents evidence that components of social capital can play a prospective role in preventing crime in low-income housing.
		It develops a conceptual approach to crime prevention involving social capital, alternative forms of ownership, and environmental design considerations.
		The effectiveness of social capital in preventing crime is assessed using data from surveys of 487 buildings in Brooklyn, NY, and crime data from the New York City Police Department.
	www.knowledgeplex.org /showdoc.html?kpid=1080&p=1 (105 words)

	Executions, capital crime soar in China - Amnesty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		locality, or pressure to be seen to be tough on crime, have passed death
		where identical crimes were being perpetrated within two months.
		from the crime to execution of the accused, Amnesty said.
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1997/8/26_4.html (542 words)

	Gunless Britain is now the crime capital of the West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In the UN study, researchers found that nearly 55 crimes are committed per 100 people in England and Wales compared with an average of 35 per 100 in other industrialised countries.
		And "contact crime", defined as robbery, sexual assault and assault with force, was second highest in England and Wales - 3.6 per cent of those surveyed.
		Not all crimes are reported to the police, and not all reported crimes are recorded.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/717058/posts (2597 words)

	Capitalcrime
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	dictionary-x.com /Capitalcrime.html (256 words)

	Amazon.com: Murder in the Supreme Court (Capital Crime Mysteries): Books: Margaret Truman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman
		The plotting is familiar: well-known figure killed in a capital landmark -- this time the Supreme Court, female attorney works the case, and turning the pages yields a half dozen viable suspects.
		Margaret Truman does a remarkable job of going in to great detail of describing the scene of the crime, a room in a house and the conversation people are having.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0449209695?v=glance (1143 words)

	CJOnline.com : In-Depth : Capital Crime
		Topeka police have touted a dramatic reduction in crime, far above the national average.
		The Uniform Crime Report compiled by the FBI traces criminal activity in Junction City just as it does for more than 15,000 other cities in America.
		Places where people shop and live in Topeka are hot spots for property crimes, which police say drives the city's high Part 1 crime rate.
	www.cjonline.com /indepth/crime (988 words)

	Why Is Killing for Capital Not a Capital Crime?
		Nearly every candidate for public office talks tough on street crime, but then ignores the fact that corporate crime costs our society more than street crime in both dollars and lives taken.
		If you loan your friend a car you know to be unsafe while withholding that information, you could be convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the event of a fatal accident.
		But we’d deceive ourselves to think that serious corporate crime could be blamed on a few bad actors.
	www.commondreams.org /views01/0619-02.htm (910 words)

	AllRefer.com - capital punishment (Crime And Law Enforcement) - Encyclopedia
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		capital punishment, imposition of a penalty of death by the state.
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