Tag: death penalty

Bowers' defense attorney, Judy Clarke appealed to the jury for mercy in her closing arguments, claiming her client suffered from mental illness.

Capital punishment would be applied to someone who, “intentionally or out of indifference causes the death of an Israeli citizen when the act is carried out from a racist motive or hate to a certain public… and with the purpose of harming the State of Israel and the rebirth of the Jewish people in its homeland.”

“On this difficult day, when two Israeli citizens were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, there is nothing more symbolic than passing a death penalty for terrorists law.”

Avigdor Liberman ordered his party to vote against the bill.

Robert Bowers was indicted in October 2018 on a total of 44 counts, including the charges on hate crimes resulting in deaths.

Kukia's father, Boaz, said at the court on Tuesday that the family expects the State Prosecutor’s Office to demand the death penalty for the terrorist.

The aftermath of the U.S. elections.

Is recent Knesset legislation in regard to the death penalty for terrorists in Israel superfluous as such legislation already exists? Joshua Hasten interviews Maurice Hirsch from Palestinian Media Watch today on Israel Uncensored.

Israel inherited the British Mandate of Palestine code of law, which included the death penalty for several offenses, but in 1954 Israel abolished the death penalty for murder.

Two politically charged topics; Killing terrorists and Pride Parades.

Of the 500 Jewish respondents, 44% strongly supported, and 25.8% moderately supported the death penalty. 12.4% moderately opposed, and only 12.9% strongly oppose. 4.9% declined to answer.

The amended articles which so far imposed only life imprisonment for acts of treason and/or terrorism, will now carry the death penalty as the first option before a judge.

However, 40+ countries still use capital punishment for a variety of offenses.

Likud Beytenu Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely is calling for the death penalty for terrorists who repeat their crimes.

There are those who say that death is too good a punishment.

There are many good, solid reasons to support applying the death penalty to a variety of crimes.

Alas, it appears the Benjamin Netanyahu government has lower regard for the sanctity of Jewish life than do the terrorists.

As bad as the situation was in Ethiopia, Asher said that the situation got even worse when the Ethiopian Jews arrived in Sudan.

At present, ordinary Arabs fear the terrorists more than they fear Israel.

To advance our objectives in the War on Terror there was and will be nothing to justify the extra-judicial, standoff-distance execution of a US citizen.

The main concern of Muslim citizens in any Islamic state is staying safe, alive and away from being accused of doing or saying anything against Islamic teachings.