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André D. Carson (born October 16, 1974) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 7th congressional district since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party , his district includes the northern four-fifths of Indianapolis , including Downtown Indianapolis .
A Provisional Irish Republican Army member was sentenced to death for murder before abolition was extended across the UK. European Union human-rights protocols signed in 1999 abolished the death penalty in EU nations, but the UK is no longer an EU member. [18] 1998 Mahmood Hussein Mattan, convicted and hanged 1952, conviction quashed 1998. [19]
Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [207] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [208] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [209] [210] [211] or has a brutalization effect, [212] [213] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [214]
Opponents to the death penalty note that the lethal injection, the most common method of carrying out the death penalty, can oftentimes cause executed individuals to remain conscious for several minutes after administering the injection, causing them to feel severe pain in their veins. [290]
Julia Carson (Indianapolis) Democratic: January 3, 2003 – December 15, 2007 108th 109th 110th: Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Died. Vacant: December 15, 2007 – March 11, 2008 110th: André Carson (Indianapolis) Democratic: March 11, 2008 – present 110th 111th 112th 113th ...
Indiana's 7th congressional district special election of 2008 took place March 11, 2008, to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the death of 7th district representative Julia Carson (D) on December 15, 2007.
Carson: U.S. Rep. André Carson has represented Indiana’s 7 th Congressional District since 2008 when he won a special election for the seat after the death of his grandmother, the late U.S. Rep ...
The Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act is a proposed United States law that would abolish the death penalty for all federal crimes and all military crimes. If enacted, this act would mark the first time since 1988 where no federal crimes carry a sentence of death.