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Whiskey Au Go Go fire Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley (Australia) Date 8 March 1973 ; 51 years ago (1973-03-08) Venue Whiskey Au Go Go Location Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia Type Fire Cause Firebomb Deaths 15 Convicted James Richard Finch John Andrew Stuart The Whiskey Au Go Go fire was a fire that occurred at 2:08 am on Thursday 8 March 1973, in the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in ...
In 1937 Rosamond Jacob and John Henry Webb established the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, which unsuccessfully lobbied that the Treason Act 1939 abolish the death penalty for treason. [109] Noel Browne introduced a private member's bill to abolish the death penalty in Ireland in March 1981. [110]
The band raised $185,000 for the Station Family Fund during the tour. [90] The band initially retired "Desert Moon", the song they were performing when the fire began, from their concert setlist. [89] "I don't think I could ever sing that song again," said Russell. [89] Kendall said in 2005, "We haven't played that song.
Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [206] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [207] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [208] [209] [210] or has a brutalization effect, [211] [212] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [213]
A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily attend." [1] This definition excludes the presence of only a small number of witnesses called upon to assure executive accountability. [2]
Death penalty for murder; instigating a minor's or a mentally ill's suicide; treason; terrorism; a second conviction for drug trafficking; aircraft hijacking; aggravated robbery; espionage; kidnapping; being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a capital offence; attempted murder by those sentenced to life imprisonment if the attempt ...
Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [87] 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. [88] [89]
Death Penalty, a 1982 album by the heavy-metal band Witchfinder General "Death Penalty", the title track from the aforementioned Witchfinder General album; Death Penalty (film), a 1980 television film starring Colleen Dewhurst