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  2. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [93] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [94] [95]

  4. List of most recent executions by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    robbery / murder: lethal injection: A Turkmenistan: 1997 [34] D United Arab Emirates: 2021 [150] unnamed man hanging: A Uzbekistan: 1 March 2005 [151] Akhrorkhoja Akbarkhojayevich Talipkhojaev single firearm: D Vietnam: 23 September 2023 [152] Lê Văn Mạnh murder, child rape and robbery: lethal injection: D Yemen: 29 January 2025 [153] Salem ...

  5. Capital punishment by the United States federal government

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    In the late 1980s, Senator Alfonse D'Amato, from New York State, sponsored a bill to make certain federal drug crimes eligible for the death penalty as he was frustrated by the lack of a death penalty in his home state. [13] The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 restored the death penalty under federal law for drug offenses and some types of murder. [14]

  6. Capital punishment by country - Wikipedia

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    Hanging, shooting. Last execution when part of Ethiopia was 1989. Death penalty for murder, armed robbery, espionage, treason, economic crimes, military offenses, war crimes and genocide. At least one execution may have been carried out between 1999 and 2008, but this remains unconfirmed. [79] Eswatini: 1983 [80] n/a

  7. Stanley Williams - Wikipedia

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    Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.

  8. Grave robbery - Wikipedia

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    Grave robbery, tomb robbing, or tomb raiding is the act of uncovering a grave, tomb or crypt to steal commodities. It is usually perpetrated to take and profit from valuable artefacts or personal property .

  9. List of people executed in Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Robbery and murder 59 Harry T. Hayward: White 29 M December 11, 1895 Chisago: Murder of Katherine "Kitty" Ging 60 John Pryde: White - M July 23, 1896 Hennepin: Robbery and murder 61 George Kelly: White 32 M March 23, 1897 Crow Wing: Murder of Dr. Foster [a] [9] 62 John Moshik: White 25 M March 18, 1898 Hennepin: Robbery and murder 63 Joseph Ott ...