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...place. (The exceptions were both in Ohio.) Even in Texas, still the state leader in annual executions, only 10 men and one woman were sentenced to death last year, the lowest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. In recent years the Supreme Court has voted to forbid the execution of juveniles and the mentally retarded, and it banned using the death penalty for crimes that did not involve killings. In 2007 the court put executions across the country on hold for eight months while it examined whether lethal injection, the most common means of executing prisoners, violated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tide Shifts Against the Death Penalty | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...stakes are high for us all--not just investors. Which takes us back to Jobs and his health. Is there life at Apple after he retires? Or, God forbid, dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Apple Survive Without Jobs? | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Counsel, acknowledged in a later memo that the act generally prohibits use of the military for law enforcement purposes unless there's a constitutional or statutory reason for doing so. However, he and others came to the conclusion that even absent constitutional or statutory support, the act "does not forbid the use of military force for the military purpose of preventing and deterring terrorism within the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Military Be Called in for Natural Disasters? | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...summer-time beach invaders who turn bright pink as soon as the sun appears. (Come to think of it, that's how they describe the Brits, too.) They have also been known to moan when foreigners have threatened to take charge of French companies, architectural projects, or even - God forbid! - the Paris orchestra. (See pictures of what the world eats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Shrugs as a German Takes Over the Michelin Guide | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

...pressure," says one upper-middle-class Saltillo woman who has seen several family members kidnapped in recent years. "All the time we are looking over our shoulder, the car windows always up, ringing the children on the cell at all times, having special passwords and codes in case, God forbid, of 'trouble.' This is not a life." (See pictures of Mexico's drug wars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Mexico, a Kidnapping Negotiator Is Kidnapped | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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