Reuters: UN calls for death penalty stop 19 December
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It is non-binding and stops short of an outright demand for the abolition of the death penalty. The United States voted against the resolution but kept a low profile throughout the process.
Reuters: Court hears death penalty case 08 January
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With executions in the United States halted since late September, the court heard arguments in a case from Kentucky that will decide whether lethal injections violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Cardinal Mindszenty Faces Death Penalty
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The world stands aghast as the death sentence is asked in a Communist court for Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, primate of the Catholic church in Hungary. In New York, Cardinal Spellman denounces the mock treason trial as a blow against civilisation.
American Heart Association
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A 1970 public service announcement for television from the American Heart Association.
AFP: Turkish court annuls headscarf law in blow to government 07 June
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Turkey's ruling party leaders are calling for an overhaul of the country' s constitution and parliamentary system, following a court decision upholding a ban on Islamic headscarves. The issue cuts to the heart of Turkey's ongoing debate over its secular roots and has pitted its Islamist-rooted government against the supreme Constitutional Court.
Governor Warren To Head US Supreme Court
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California's Governor Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the United States.
Reuters: Sentencing crack 10 December
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The high court, by a 7-2 vote, overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling that judges can not hand down a lighter punishment simply because they disagree with wide disparities for crack and powder cocaine sentences.
Reuters: Death takes a Holiday 14 December
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Last year, the United States executed 53 people in 2006, the fewest in 10 years. The tally is expected to fall further this year.
Roosevelt Assails Supreme Court
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At the Democratic Victory Dinner, the President opens his campaign for change in the Court. He makes an impassioned speech that condemns the Supreme Court decision which blocked one of his major programs for U.S. recovery, the N.R.A.
