Nevertheless, there seems to be growing legislative opposition in the US to such opinions, despite their obvious literary qualities:
A legislative commission recommended on Tuesday that New Jersey become the first state to abolish the death penalty since states began reinstating their capital punishment laws 35 years ago. Its report found “no compelling evidence” that capital punishment serves a legitimate purpose, and increasing evidence that it “is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency”.
The report [came] amid growing unease among politicians and the public about capital punishment.
Will this be “cut and run” from the death penalty, or “a phased withdrawal”?
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UPDATE: Al Jazeera has claimed that Muqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army replaced all the security officials responsible for executing Saddam. Sunni pro-Baathist website Iraqi Rabita has claimed that one of the masked men who put the noose around Saddam’s neck was in fact Muqtada al Sadr and this is why there were chants of “Muqtada! Muqtada!”
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Roger Migently (Sir) was born - miraculously fully-grown - in September 2006 into a world in a frenzy of shameless political hijacking of "Australian values" by politicians who, at the same time, were trashing the real values like decency, generosity and compassion. Knowing he must stand up and do something Sir Roger sat down, created Values Australia - the website of the Department of Mateship and Fair Dinkum Australian Values - and blogged, sometimes with ridicule, sometimes seriously, but always truthfully (as he saw it). He has survived government legal threats and enjoyed the encouragement of many people he respects and admires. He frequently claims full credit for the defeat of the Howard government.
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