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  • 1unjust — un·just adj: characterized by injustice: deficient in justice and fairness an unjust sentence un·just·ly adv un·just·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 2Death Penalty — Weltkarte des Todesstrafen Status aller Länder Blau: Todesstrafe ohne Ausnahme abgeschafft. Hellblau: Todesstrafe im Kriegsrecht. Khaki: Seit mindestens 10 Jahren keine Anwendung. Orange: Anwendung nur gegen Erwachsene …

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  • 3Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 — The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104 132, 110 Stat. 1214, (also known as AEDPA ) is an Act of Congress signed into law on April 24, 1996 to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, provide for an… …

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  • 4Sentencing of Susan B. Anthony for the Crime of Voting — ▪ Primary Source        Susan B. Anthony s 1873 trial for voting is a bizarre incident in the history of woman suffrage. The trial judge had taken the decision out of the hands of the jury, had pronounced her guilty, and had further denied the… …

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  • 5Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 6Jury — A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. A trial in which a jury decides the verdict is known as a… …

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  • 7Plato: ethics and politics — A.W.Price I Plato followed his teacher Socrates into ethics by way of a question that remained central in Greek thought: what is the relation between the virtues or excellences (aretai) of character, and happiness (eudaimonia)?1 Both concepts… …

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  • 8Capital punishment — Death penalty and Death sentence redirect here. For other uses, see Death penalty (disambiguation) and Death sentence (disambiguation). Execution and Execute redirect here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation) and Execute… …

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  • 9UK default charges controversy — The UK default charges controversy is an on going issue in consumer law, relating to the level of fees charged by banks and credit card companies for late or dishonoured payments, exceeding credit limits, etc.Legal backgroundA personal account… …

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  • 10You shall not murder — The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London. You shall not murder or You shall not kill, KJV Thou shalt not kill (LXX οὐ φονεύσεις …

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