Execution
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India’s membership in this group has international repercussions; for example, European Union countries will not extradite criminals to countries where they may face
execution.
As the words inscribed on an
execution
sword in Munster put it: "When I raise this sword, I wish the poor sinner eternal life."
On the contrary, the way in which the various religious and ethnic groups in Iraq responded to his
execution
is emblematic of the difficulty of holding Iraq together as a coherent entity.
But, however sincere his words may sound, reality is moving in the opposite direction, and the ugly verbal exchanges surrounding the act of
execution
itself will certainly do little to dispel the notion that this was “victors’ justice” – the victors being not the United States, but the Shi’a.
After Dokubu renewed threats to oil infrastructure last September, he was arrested on sedition charges and now faces the possibility of
execution
or life in prison.
The reinternment, organized by Hungary’s anti-communist opposition on the 31st anniversary of his execution, drew more than 100,000 attendees, heralding the beginning of the end of the country’s sclerotic regime.
In fact, this is in line with the Modi government's approach thus far: lofty aspirations, soaring rhetoric, and quotable sound-bites have been accompanied by few specifics, no implementation plan, and no improvements in
execution
capacity.
According to research from the McKinsey Global Institute, the industry could boost its labor productivity by up to 60% if changes are made in seven key areas: regulation; design processes; contracts; procurement and supply-chain management; on-site execution; advanced automation, new technologies, and materials; and skills.
The one that gained the most publicity was the
execution
in Georgia of Troy Davis, who had been convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark McPhail, an off-duty police officer.
Even death-penalty supporters protested against his execution, saying that he should be given a new trial.
But the
execution
was consistent with something that happened just two weeks earlier, at one of the debates between Republican candidates for their party’s nomination to challenge President Barack Obama next year.
Valle had asked the court to halt his execution, on the grounds that to spend so long on death row is “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore prohibited by the US constitution.
Justice Stephen Breyer agreed that to spend 33 years in prison awaiting
execution
is cruel.
In support of that view, he pointed to “barbaric” conditions on death row, and the “horrible” feelings of uncertainty when one is under sentence of
execution
but does not know whether or when the sentence will be carried out.
It is quite common for family members of the victim to watch the
execution
of the person convicted of killing their relative, and afterwards to pronounce themselves satisfied that justice has been done – it happened again with the
execution
of Troy Davis.
In the rest of the Western world, the desire to witness an
execution
is widely regarded as barbaric, and barely comprehensible.
This will require more rapid
execution
of the Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E).
Reports point to the
execution
and mutilation of Syrian-government prisoners.
Justice Delayed, but Not DeniedLONDON – Last week, the former dictator General Jorge Videla was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for his role in Argentina’s “dirty war” of the 1970’s, including the torture and
execution
of unarmed prisoners.
In North Korea, Kim Jong-un came to power a few weeks after Qaddafi’s summary
execution
at the hands of rebel fighters, which undoubtedly influenced his approach to international relations.
This will involve difficult choices, delicate execution, and uncertain outcomes for both the federal government and the US Federal Reserve.
But there remain significant obstacles to such cooperation – not least the North’s obscure and often-unpredictable politics, exemplified by the recent
execution
of its leader Kim Jong-un’s once-powerful uncle, Jang Song-thaek.
Once policies are set, her task is to monitor and oversee their
execution.
Even in the turbulent 1990’s, when Nigeria was temporarily suspended from the British Commonwealth following the
execution
of minority rights campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa by General Sani Abacha’s regime, the governing elite sought to achieve Nigeria’s “rightful” place in global affairs.
And the
execution
of a private law system is much more efficient than the
execution
by bureaucracy.
Stephen Hadley, Bush’s second National Security Adviser is quoted as saying about Bush’s first term, “I give us a ‘B-’ for policy development and a ‘D-’ for policy execution.”
Officials argued that no heavy artillery fire was ever directed at civilians or hospitals, that any collateral injury to civilians was minimal, and that they fully respected international law, including the proscription against
execution
of captured prisoners.
Its execution, however, was crippled by its very narrow scope for application, the absence of corresponding laws governing corporate restructuring, excessive government intervention, incompatibility with the policy-based bankruptcy procedure then in place, technical errors, and a general inability to make the code operational.
For example, in a 2002 Virginia case, the high court ruled that the
execution
of the mentally retarded is forbidden by the American Constitution as "cruel and unusual punishment."
In Beijing millions of inhabitants were ordered to witness some 30,000 sentencing and
execution
rallies during the early 1950’s.
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