Michele Anderson's Mother was wrapping presents for her family on Christmas Eve (2006), when gunfire erupted in her living room and her own daughter began a bloodbath that left Anderson and five other members of her family dead. tags accused confessed death penalty murder murderer familyAnderson pleaded not guilty to six counts of aggravated first-degree murder, but she contacted KOMO News from inside the King County Jail on Wednesday, claiming she wants to die...she wants an attorney because the public defenders has been fighting the death penalty against her wish. picked by bevissimo 2 months ago |
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Death penalty opponents often argue that it has limited deterrent value. However, a 1999 study conducted at Emory and Clemson Universities found that each execution results in an average of 18 fewer murders. The DPINFO website cites another 2003 University of Colorado study found that the death penalty reduced homicides by five to six victims, but for every three additional pardons or commutations... read full post picked by GKar975 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
He testified during the sentencing phase of his trial, but not exactly in his own behalf. Scary. picked by tigertony 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Children are our only link to the future. We must do anything and everything to make sure that they reach adulthood free, happy, and whole. Eliminating pedophiles would go a long way to making that possible. picked by doggylives 5 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
What do you think of the views expressed here? 25 comments edit related share plime.com(each execution was associated with 74 fewer murders the following year.) picked by Bornbad 9 months ago |
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her grandmother by battering her over the head with a spade. 2 comments edit related share plime.comJoanne Hussey, 33, had admitted killing 76-year-old Annie Garbutt but denied murder, claiming voices in her head told her to do it. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago |
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The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape, taking up for the first time in more than 30 years whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution. picked by JDRucker 4 months ago 18 comments edit related share plime.com |
Danieal Kelly's mother was charged with murder. Four social workers were among the other eight people charged in the death of a disabled 14-year-old girl who authorities say wasted away from neglect before dying at 42 pounds. picked by bernardblack 3 weeks ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Homicide detectives are investigating the bizarre death of a San Diego man after his suicide attempt turned into a fight with his girlfriend. picked by wags273 7 months ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
Is the country's largest pet store, Pet Smart chain to blame for the death of a 63-year old father and Vietnam War veteran from Texas? His family thinks so picked by melgesevad 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Slender, dark-haired Karen Jane Matthew was brought into the downtown King County Jail around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for selling rock cocaine on Aurora Avenue. Over the next 30 hours, the 51-year-old inmate with a long, mostly misdemeanor record, including drugs and prostitution, lost consciousness and split open her head in a fall; told a cellmate she was "dope sic... read full post picked by bingo 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Emails you (example) when a celebrity or sports figure dies. Free. Simple. Easy. Fun. No bull. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentNow checking for deaths every 10 minutes at excite.com entertainment, sports & top news. WARNING: Cheesy factor VERY high picked by steelshooter 1 year ago |
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to escape his creditors and claim S$331,341 ($243,600) in insurance money, a newspaper reported Saturday. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. 22 comments edit related share plime.com"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his majority opinion. picked by ImNotBlue 2 months ago |
Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a measure repealing New Jersey’s death penalty on Monday, making the state the first in a generation to abolish capital punishment. picked by marli 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
It's official: King Tutankhamun's death was caused by a badly broken and infected leg, refuting murderous theories about the famous Pharaoh's demise 3,300 years ago, according to Egyptian radiologists. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
I don't believe in the death penalty because I don't think it solves anything but if there were any more deserving it's these two! picked by topofall 7 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Premier Romano Prodi hopes to generate enough consensus to pass a General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on the Death Penalty picked by DemureArt 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, the main suspect in the killing of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine, has been captured in Mexico, federal authorities announced Thursday. 2 comments edit related share plime.com*update to this post. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago |
As his mother watched, a 6-year-old San Jose boy was brutally beaten to death by her boyfriend who then took the body to Phoenix and buried it under dirt and 7 comments edit related share plime.comhundreds of pounds of cement. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago |
A wealthy lawyer who stabbed his wife to death is spending his jail term handing out advice at a legal centre. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |