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Focus On Billy Wayne Cope In NBC Documentary


July 10th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar July 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Dateline NBC network revisited the 2001 case of the rape and murder of 12 year old Amanda Cope in a two hour documentary on Friday. ... Read more...

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Death penalty more likely if victim is high-status


March 8th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 8 (IANS) A defendant is much more likely to be sentenced to death if he or she kills a "high-status" victim, says new research. The finding by Scott Phillips, associate professor ... Read more...

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Killers of ‘high-status’ victims more likely to get death sentence


March 6th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): A new American research suggests that an accused is more likely to be sentenced to death if he or she murders a "high-status" victim.Scott Phillips, associate professor of ... Read more...

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Death penalty in India is arbitrary, imprecise: rights bodies


May 2nd, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The death penalty in India has been an "arbitrary, imprecise and abusive means of dealing with crime and criminals", two leading civil rights bodies stated in a ... Read more...

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