Capital Punishment: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 114 ... April 10, 27, and May 1, 1981U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - 725 sidor |
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Sida 400 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Sida 352 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword.
Sida 352 - For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.
Sida 275 - Europe, has cooperative relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, and has observer status with the Organization of African Unity.
Sida 683 - Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law. Article 4. Right to Life 1. Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law, and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
Sida 156 - The Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
Sida 58 - A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for commission of the crime, he: (a) purposely engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as ho believes them to be...
Sida 489 - The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was substantially impaired. "(g) The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.
Sida 177 - excessive" and unconstitutional if it (1) makes no measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment and hence is nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering; or (2) is grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.
Sida 259 - It seeks the release of men and women detained anywhere for their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language, or religion, provided they have not used or advocated violence. These are termed prisoners of conscience.