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  2. Carlo Abarth - Wikipedia

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    Carlo Abarth (15 November 1908 – 24 October 1979), born Karl Albert Abarth, was an Italian automobile designer. Abarth was born in Austria, but later was naturalized as an Italian citizen; and at this time his first name Karl Albert was changed to its Italian equivalent of Carlo Alberto.

  3. 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]

  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. Abarth - Wikipedia

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    A 1950 205A, one of the first Abarth cars. Carlo Abarth was sporting director of the Cisitalia racing team starting in 1947. [5] The following year, the manufacturer folded, and founder Piero Dusio flew to Argentina. Abarth, funded by Armando Scagliarini, [a] took over Cisitalia's assets and on 31 March 1949, Abarth & C. was founded in Bologna.

  6. List of death row inmates in the United States who have ...

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    Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.

  7. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For every 8.2 people executed, one person on death row has been exonerated, in the modern era. [14] At least 200 people who were sentenced to death since 1973 have been exonerated. [15] That would be about 2.2% or one in 46. [16] In 2019, the Trump administration's Department of Justice announced its plans to resume executions for federal crimes.

  8. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v. Arizona , 481 U.S. 137 (1987) – Death penalty may be imposed on a felony-murder defendant who was a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibits ...

  9. Nadina Abarth-Žerjav - Wikipedia

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    Abarth-Žerjav and Carlo Abarth met in 1944 at Lake Garda in Italy. They may have even met earlier, during the war in Ljubljana, because Abarth lived there for several years. He worked at Vok, a local factory. Abarth-Zerjav supported her husband during the founding period of the Abarth works, and also in every possible way later on.