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China executes British citizen for drug smuggling

December 29, 2009 12:22 a.m. EST China on Tuesday executed a British man convicted... more

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Homeland Security Launches Investigation of Dr. Manning | ATLAH Media Network

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DC Sniper Executed

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D.C. sniper executed in Virginia

John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.

The three-week killing spree in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., was carried out with a teenage accomplice who is serving life in prison without parole. Muhammad, 48, died by injection at 9:11 p.m. EST after he exhausted his court appeals and Gov. Tim Kaine denied clemency.

Muhammad's attorneys earlier had asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they said he was severely mentally ill.

Muhammad had been sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station in northern Virginia. He and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, also were suspected of fatal shootings in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana and Washington state.

Muhammad was offered a choice for his last meal, which he accepted and requested that details not be released to the public, NBC News reported.

Prosecutors chose to put Muhammad and Malvo on trial in Virginia first because of the state's willingness to execute killers. He and Malvo were also convicted of six other murders in Maryland and both were sentenced to six life terms.

The death penalty was later ruled out for Malvo because the U.S. Supreme Court barred the execution of juveniles, who was 17 during the killing spree.

The motive for the shootings in the nation's capital region remains murky. Malvo said Muhammad wanted to use the plot to extort $10 million from the government to set up a camp in Canada where homeless children would be trained as terrorists. But Muhammad's ex-wife has said she believes the attacks were a smoke screen for his plan to kill her and regain custody of their three children.

Muhammad has never testified or explained why he directed the attacks that terrorized the Washington region, with victims gunned down while doing everyday chores. People stayed indoors, and those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.

The terror ended Oct. 24, 2002, when police captured Muhammad and Malvo as they slept at a Maryland rest stop in a car they had outfitted so a shooter could hide in the trunk and fire through a hole in the body of the vehicle.

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Supreme Court won't halt D.C. Sniper's execution

The Supreme Court refused Monday to block the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the... more

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slayings in Venezuela spur Hugo chavez to up border sercurity

10 recent killings along the border of Venezuela have spurred Chavez to up security... more

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Less reporters covering executions

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South Carolina grants posthumous pardon for 1913 murder

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Did Texas execute an innocent man?

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Iran frees two sentenced to death by stoning

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Is Texas Governor trying to cover up a wrongful execution?

Three ousted members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission said Thursday that their... more

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Texas executed an innocent man: Willingham capital case haunts Texas governor as state launches inqu

He was convicted of homicide in 1992, at the end of a two-day trial in which only one... more

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Injustice prevails again in a racist death penalty case.

Reginald Blanton is being convicted for a crime he did not commit. The evidence... more

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CIA Conducted Mock Executions

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Troy Davis May Escape Death Sentence

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Georgia Rep. Tommy Benton (R-Jefferson) favors “caning” and “executions” for marijuana crimes

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Atlanta, GA: State Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton (31st House District) favors "caning" minor marijuana offenders and "executing" those who sell the drug, according to recent correspondences sent by the representative to two of his constituents.

In a July 29, 2009 e-mail to a constituent, Rep. Benton wrote: "Thanks for the email. We will have to agree to disagree on this and whether or not money is wasted (by mandating the state to prosecute minor marijuana offenders). I am opposed to the legalization of marijuana. I think we should go to caning for people caught using and maybe execute dealers. [emphasis NORML's] That would solve the problem as well. That is what they do in Singapore and they don't have a drug problem."

Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of up to 24 violent lashes with a long rattan cane that has been soaked in water. The procedure inflicts intense pain and deep, bloody lacerations that can take several months to heal.

Rep. Benton followed up his remarks in a separate e-mail to another constituent on August 11, 2009, in which he threatened to turn over the names of citizens who disagreed with his political viewpoints to local law enforcement.

He wrote: "You and your cronies want it (marijuana) legalized so you can get a hit anytime without having to worry about getting arrested. I have forwarded your email to the Lowndes County sheriffs [sic] office so that they can be on the lookout for you. [emphasis NORML's] Consider this my last correspondence on the the [sic] subject to you or anyone else who shares your similar "conservative views'."

Benton was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2005.

Commenting on Rep. Benton's statements, NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said: "It is shocking that an elected official would endorse such tortuous tactics against the tens of millions of Americans who engage in the responsible use of marijuana. But it is even more reprehensible that an elected official would use his political power to try to intimidate those who disagree with him. Such behavior is an affront to the very principles of democracy."

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director at: (202) 483-5500, or David Clark, Executive Director of Georgia NORML at: dclark@clarktowne.com.blogs.myspace.com/natlnorml Atlanta, GA: State Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton... more

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Amnesty International notes “alarming spike” in executions in Iran

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North Korea Executes Christians

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CT Senate Votes to Repeal Death Penalty

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