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According to the Cambridge Companion on Tolstoy, the work is directed against the death penalty. It was incomplete, and when published after Tolstoy's death, resulted in a flood of letters, the reaction mixed. The government tried to censor the work, sentencing one person distributing copies of it to prison. [2]
The experience of the state legislatures and the Congress—who retain the death penalty as a form of punishment—is dismissed as "the product of habit and inattention rather than an acceptable deliberative process". The experience of social scientists whose studies indicate that the death penalty deters crime is relegated to a footnote.
"Dwight's Speech" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's twenty-third episode overall. Written by Paul Lieberstein and directed by Charles McDougall , the episode first aired in the United States on March 2, 2006 on NBC .
"And I don't care what it is" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted. [1]: 35–38 For example, one encyclopedia says: "Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is. ' " [2] Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic, watered-down religion ...
Lorne Dwight Conquergood (October 19, 1949 – November 13, 2004) was an ethnographer who is best known for his work with the Hmong of southeast Asia, street gangs of Chicago, and refugees in Thailand and Gaza.
Oscar saying "Whazzup!" serves as a reference to a scene from "Pilot" between Michael, Dwight, and Jim. [19] Jim's description in his final talking head of his job is a direct quote from his first talking head in "Pilot". [39] Dwight hires Devon back after Creed quits, a reference to "Halloween", when Creed convinced Michael to fire Devon. [19]
Dwight H. Sullivan is an American military officer and lawyer. From 2005 to 2007, he served as the Chief Defense Counsel for the Office of Military Commissions . In 2007, he became a civilian lawyer working for the Air Force doing death penalty defense appellate work. [2]
Douglas Franklin Wright (March 25, 1940 – September 6, 1996) [1] was an American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in Oregon between 1969 and 1991. [2] He was sentenced to death for three of these murders and was executed in 1996 at the Oregon State Penitentiary, becoming the first person to be executed in Oregon since 1962.