Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The punishment of death must itself bear the heavy burden of proof. Not only its utility, but also its absolute necessity must be demonstrated if execution for homocide is to be retained. None of the justifications of punishment appear to offer such demonstration.
As protests rolled in, including a petition with 5,000 signatures, both Republican and Democratic candidates for mayor in the Nov. 5 election came out in favor of saving the manse. Socialist Mc Levy, who is running for a 13th term, sent his men out to tear down the greenhouse...
The Adversaries. Tito grows through the book from an awkward villager to a smooth party functionary to a puffed-up dictator wearing the most splendid uniforms since Göring. He alternately appears a shrewd peasant, a cold-eyed killer, a sentimental family man. There is rough humor as well...
Unlike previous days, the Negroes did not use side doors to enter. Soldiers took them directly to the main entrance, and flanked the students as they climbed the long flight of steps leading to the main doors of the impressive sandstone building. Inside the school, white and Negro students heard...
The executive is not only unauthorized to prevent the execution of a decree sanctioned by the Supreme Court of the U.S., but is expressly enjoined, by statute, to carry into effect any such decree, where opposition may be made to it.