Death Penalty Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/death-penalty/ Sun, 31 May 2015 18:19:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Death Penalty Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/death-penalty/ 32 32 12773863 The New Kansas-Nebraska Acts https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-new-kansas-nebraska-acts/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-new-kansas-nebraska-acts/#respond Sun, 31 May 2015 15:07:53 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59014 It’s been an interesting week in the conservative heartland. Nebraska legislators overturned the governor’s veto and abolished the death penalty, while in Kansas, the state legislature is thinking about raising taxes  because, well, that old conservative orthodoxy that says you can cut taxes and spur economic growth doesn’t seem to be working. Even would-be conservatives […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-new-kansas-nebraska-acts/feed/ 0 59014 Republican Lawmaker to Introduce Bill to Bring Back the Firing Squad https://ezkool.com/2014/05/republican-lawmaker-bring-back-the-firing-squad/ https://ezkool.com/2014/05/republican-lawmaker-bring-back-the-firing-squad/#respond Sat, 17 May 2014 19:16:57 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=51512 There is no such thing as ‘bad publicity’ for a Republican, that’s why there is an anything goes mentality among their so-called leaders. They say the most outlandish and outrageous things, and they relish in the negative publicity they get. In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/05/republican-lawmaker-bring-back-the-firing-squad/feed/ 0 51512 Florida Has Never Executed a White Person for Killing a Black Person https://ezkool.com/2014/03/florida-has-never-executed-a-white-man-for-killing-a-black-man/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/florida-has-never-executed-a-white-man-for-killing-a-black-man/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:00:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49295 ThinkProgress is reporting that Florida has executed 84 people since the Supreme Court announced the modern death penalty regime in 1976. Zero of them are white people sentenced to death for killing an African American. Indeed, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, “no white person has ever been executed for killing an African American” […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/florida-has-never-executed-a-white-man-for-killing-a-black-man/feed/ 0 49295 The Death Penalty Debate – My Take https://ezkool.com/2013/03/the-death-penalty-debate-my-take/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/the-death-penalty-debate-my-take/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:26:48 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=30377 Corporal Punishment or ‘The Death Penalty’, has been a topic of national debate for years, especially on a state-by-state basis. Now, after eight years since its last execution, Maryland is planning to become the 18th state to abolish the ultimate punishment. Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley has been pushing for this legislation since his very first […]

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