Death penalty
‘No more violence:’ Jewish activists react to Trump’s last-minute execution spree
When it comes to the death penalty ‘Justice is not blind, but it is capricious.’
After Synagogue Shooting, Congregants Daunted By Looming, Lengthy Death Penalty Process
“That just means that every year or so, I have to attend another hearing and say, he killed three of my beloveds.”
Jewish Inmate’s Execution Stayed — Six Days Before He Was Supposed To Die
The judge offered his children money for marrying “a person of the opposite sex that’s Caucasian, that’s Christian.”
Jewish Death Row Inmate Who Says His Judge Was Anti-Semitic Appeals To Supreme Court
Randy Halprin says the judge who sentenced him to death called him multiple anti-Semitic slurs.
Jewish Groups Back Death Row Inmate Who Says His Judge Was Anti-Semitic
“[I]f Judge Cunningham is the bigot described in the application, a fair trial has not yet happened,” the groups said.
Feds Seek Death Penalty For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Despite Rabbis’ Opposition
They citied his premeditation, planning, anti-Semitic motivation and the number of victims as well as his “lack of remorse.”
Pittsburgh Rabbi Says He’s Against Death Penalty For Synagogue Shooter
Jonathan Perlman of the New Light Congregation cited religious tradition and his congregants’ still-opened wounds.
Skinhead’s Death Sentence Overturned After Court Says His Nazi Tattoos Were Irrelevant
The prosecutors concluded in 2006 that he was a “California Skinhead” and should be sentenced to the death penalty. The court now says that was wrong.
Death Penalty For Terrorists Passes First Vote In Israeli Parliament
The only case of an execution in Israel was carried out against convicted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
Over 100 Rabbis Denounce The Death Penalty
These rabbis say it is time to see the death penalty for what it is: not as justice gone awry, but a symptom of injustice as status quo.