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Texas Moratorium Network — (TMN) is a grassroots non profit organization with the primary goal of mobilizing statewide support for a moratorium on executions in Texas. It has about 18,000 members, about 85 percent of whom reside in Texas. History Texas Moratorium Network… … Wikipedia
UN moratorium on the death penalty — The UN Moratorium on the Death Penalty was an Italian proposal supported by several countries and NGOs before the General Assembly of the United Nations. It calls for general suspension (not abolition) of death penalty throughout the world.… … Wikipedia
Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment … Wikipedia
Use of capital punishment by country — The following is a summary of the use of capital punishment by country. Contents 1 Capital Punishment In The World 2 Africa 3 The Americas 4 Asia Pacific … Wikipedia
Capital 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… … Wikipedia
Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… … Universalium
Death Penalty on Trial — ▪ 2003 by Andrew Rutherford Along with the report in 2002 that the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2001 3,048 was more than double the 1,457 known to have taken place in 2000 came the news that more than 90% of them had… … Universalium
Texas Students Against the Death Penalty — (TSADP) is the first student run anti death penalty (non profit) organization in Texas that works to end the death penalty in Texas through campaigns of public education and the promotion of youth activism. History TSADP is an organization of… … Wikipedia
George Ryan — For the former member of the Canadian House of Commons, see George Ryan (Canadian politician). George Ryan, Sr. 39th Governor of Illinois In office January 11, 1999 … Wikipedia
United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… … Universalium
Capital punishment in Oregon — Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the… … Wikipedia
