Brain Ethics
NO. LIVERMORE – At North Livermore Baptist Church on August 22, the congregation was greeted by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The call to worship was read and the Lord’s invocation / prayer was recited. The hymns sung were “Love Lifted Me”, “Our Great Savior”, …
Read More »Death penalty must be rethought – Las Vegas Sun News
By Gabriela Molina, Las Vegas Tuesday August 24, 2021 | 2 a.m Nevada’s death penalty system is extremely flawed – a striking example of its shortcomings is the case of Zane Floyd. Floyd is a veteran with brain damage who could be executed this fall. Ideally, the legal system would …
Read More »Death penalty required for 8 people accused of murdering LGBT rights activist Xulhaz, Tonoy
Golam Sarwar Khan Zakir ended his plea for the death penalty on Sunday before the special anti-terrorism court in Dhaka. Defense lawyer Nazrul Islam then began to make his case. Judge Mojibur Rahman Rahman has set himself Monday to finish hearing the rest of the defense arguments. Along with Zia, …
Read More »Terror preacher Anjem Choudary sparks fury by saying Taliban SHOULD cut thieves and adulterers’ hands to stone
VILE hate preacher Anjem Choudary urged the Taliban to cut off thieves’ hands, stone adulterers and whip anyone caught drinking. The 54-year-old bile-breathing cleric, who inspired a generation of jihadist fighters and was jailed for five years in 2016 for supporting ISIS, also wants to ban music and mixing between …
Read More »Death row convict Zane Floyd revealed
Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd, convicted of the Las Vegas grocery store massacre, on Tuesday filed court documents detailing for the first time a request to commute his death sentence. Federal public defenders for Floyd have argued that he suffered from brain damage caused by the Fetal Alcohol …
Read More »In Moscow, Idaho, Conservative “Christian Reconstructionists” Thrive Amid Gospel Unrest
Eds: This story was provided by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) Evangelical groups in the United States have been facing a decline in numbers for years. And a disorderly cultural struggle over the direction of the movement could serve to …
Read More »Man is sentenced to life without parole for stabbing in Midway adult bookstore
SAN DIEGO – A man who fatally stabbed an employee at a Midway District adult bookstore almost three years ago was sentenced to life in prison on Friday without the possibility of parole. Shaun Douglas Ward, 42, pleaded guilty last month to first degree murder in connection with the October …
Read More »How a case of mistaken identity led to a life sentence for murder
Thomas Raynard James at Okeechobee Correctional Facility in Florida, where he is currently serving a life sentence for murder. Photo by Octavio Jones / Courtesy GQ.com By the time the van arrived to transport Thomas Raynard James to the courthouse, he had been in jail for three weeks. Long enough …
Read More »PRAWA, CSO Forum for failing to execute detainees to decongest detention centers – Blueprint Newspapers Limited
Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and the CSO Forum on Detention and Corrections in Nigeria called on the federal and state governments to end the execution of sentenced inmates as a solution to congestion in detention centers.They called for the effective implementation of Nigerian laws that address the problem …
Read More »Free him and right a grave injustice
Dr Charles Steele, Jr. Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. is the President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, based in Atlanta. As President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), I am often summoned to Tennessee to fight social injustices. Although I am always confronted with the …
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