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  2. Reflections on the Guillotine - Wikipedia

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    In the essay Camus takes an uncompromising position for the abolition of the death penalty. Camus's view is similar to that of Cesare Beccaria and the Marquis de Sade , the latter having also argued that murder premeditated and carried out by the state was the worst kind.

  3. The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints - Wikipedia

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    The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series. It presents selections of contrasting viewpoints on the death penalty : first surveying centuries of debate on it; then questioning whether it is just; whether it is an effective deterrent; and whether it is applied fairly.

  4. List of methods of capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    The methodical removal of portions of the body over an extended period of time, usually with a knife, eventually resulting in death. Sometimes known as "death by a thousand cuts". Pendulum. [8] A machine with an axe head for a weight that slices closer to the victim's torso over time (of disputed historicity). Starvation/Dehydration ...

  5. Opinion - What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death ...

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    One prong has focused on getting Congress to abolish the federal death penalty or to get the president to do what he can to stop executions. The other focuses on battles at the state level to ...

  6. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of whom two, Oregon and Wyoming, do not currently hold death row inmates in jail), throughout the country at the federal level, and in American Samoa.

  7. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    Those are wolves, one going before the sun, the other after the moon." But wolves also served as mounts for more or less dangerous humanoid creatures. For instance, Gunnr's horse was a kenning for "wolf" on the Rök runestone, in the Lay of Hyndla, the völva Hyndla rides a wolf, and to Baldr's funeral, the gýgr Hyrrokin arrived on a wolf.

  8. 25 Wolf Puns That Are Howlingly Funny

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    Somehow wolves are always the villain. But these wolf puns will help you feel better about wolves—even the Big Bad one. The post 25 Wolf Puns That Are Howlingly Funny appeared first on Reader's ...

  9. Wolf communication - Wikipedia

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    Wolves communicate using vocalizations, body postures, scent, touch, and taste. [1] Despite popular belief, wolves do not howl at the Moon; the lunar phases have no effect on wolf vocalisation. [2] Gray wolves howl to assemble the pack, usually before and after hunts, to pass on an alarm particularly at a den site, to locate each other during a ...