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  • Opinion:With Scott Roeder Trial, Abortion Dodges Another Bullet

    By Jill Stanek February 03, 2010

    The actual translation of Exodus 20:13 from the Hebrew is, "Thou shalt not murder," indicating a premeditated, uncivil act. The Bible considers murder the ultimate violation of the sanctity of human life, requiring the ultimate punishment. So Exodus 21:14 makes perfect sense to state, "If anyone...

  • Opinion:Murder of Unborn Baby Not Included in New Fort Hood Charges

    By Jill Stanek December 03, 2009

    According to the Examiner.com , the Army yesterday issued 32 additional charges against Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, but they did not include the charge of murder against Pvt. Francheska Velez's preborn baby , killed when she was killed... On Wednesday... Hasan was charged with 32 additional...

  • Opinion:A Correlation Between Autism and Murder?

    By Kevin Leitch March 23, 2009

    Two stories recently made a splash in the autism community. In the first : An 18-year-old man described as “severely autistic ” is in custody on suspicion he murdered a 59-year-old Coos County woman… and in the second : A judge has ruled that Asperger’s...

  • Opinion:Breaking Down 60 Minutes' Anti-Gun Bias

    By The Cato Institute April 13, 2009

    By David Rittgers ABC’s 20/20 did a hit piece on the Second Amendment and armed citizens on Friday night. The show responded to the growing sentiment that “if I only had a gun,” maybe an armed citizen could make a difference in a spree shooting such as the incidents at Virginia...

  • Opinion:Americans United - "Tiller Murder an Affront to Morality"

    By Americans United June 01, 2009

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State today deplored the murder of a Kansas doctor nationally known for his work on behalf of women’s reproductive rights. Dr. George Tiller was shot dead Sunday morning while serving as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan.

  • Opinion:Why is Killing Abortionists Like George Tiller So Wrong?

    By Reason Foundation June 01, 2009

    by Jacob Sullum Leading pro-life activists are denouncing yesterday's murder of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, but I'm not sure I understand why. "It is immoral and it is unchristian," says the Rev. Rob Schenck of the National Clergy Council. Calling the killing "a cowardly act,"...

  • News:Murder Not Justified, Pro-Life Leaders Say

    By Baptist Press June 01, 2009

    WASHINGTON (BP) --- The leaders of the country's major pro-life organizations universally decried the May 31 slaying of abortion doctor George Tiller, and many said they would be praying for his family. Tiller, 67, was gunned down in Reformation Lutheran Church, the Wichita, Kan.

  • News:Court Upholds Former KKK Member's 1964 Murder Conviction

    By U.S. Dept. of Justice June 08, 2009

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today rejected a challenge to the conviction of James Ford Seale, a former member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi. Seale was convicted by a federal jury in Mississippi in 2007 and sentenced to three life terms...

  • Opinion:Brady Campaign - Stronger Gun Laws Could Have Saved McNair

    By The Brady Campaign July 08, 2009

    Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement on developments in the investigation into the homicide of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair : “Steve McNair’s extraordinary talents helped him avoid defensive...

  • News:Gun Violence Prevention Groups Outraged Over Concealed Carry Law

    By The Brady Campaign July 21, 2009

    WASHINGTON, DC -- America’s major gun violence prevention organizations-the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, States United to Prevent Gun Violence, and Violence Policy Center- issued the following...

  • Opinion:New Report Suggests Texas Executed Innocent Man

    By Reason Foundation August 27, 2009

    A disturbing new report casts doubt on a recent execution in Texas. In a withering critique, a nationally known fire scientist has told a state commission on forensics that Texas fire investigators had no basis to rule a deadly house fire was an arson -- a finding that led to the murder...

  • Research:FBI Reports Crime Down in 2008

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation September 15, 2009

    Unemployment, interest rates, stress—they’re all on the rise as the economy is buffeted by a downturn. What’s not rising, however, is crime , according to statistics compiled by the FBI that show violent crimes and property crimes declined nationwide in 2008. The data, released today in...

  • Opinion:Notorious Philly Gun Dealer Colosimo's Pleads Guilty, Closes

    By The Brady Campaign September 29, 2009

    Colosimo’s gun store has been on the Brady Campaign’s list of bad apple gun dealers for years. During just one 7-year period, crime gun trace data revealed that Colosimo’s sold 425 guns traced to crime, including weapons involved in at least 10 homicides, 85 assaults, 30 robberies, and...

  • Opinion:Book Chronicles Disturbing "Honor Killings" of Women

    By Amnesty International October 13, 2009

    Jordanian journalist Rana Husseini’s new book examines the charged issue of honor killings of women that occur in Jordan, Syria, Pakistan, and other countries. Murder in the Name of Honor chronicles many years of careful research and reporting carried out by Ms Husseini , who writes for...

  • Opinion:Strange Turn in Execution of Possibly Innocent Texas Man

    By Reason Foundation October 19, 2009

    by Radley Balko More odd developments in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham , the Texas man executed in 2004 for killing his three daughters by intentionally setting fire to his own house . Nine arson experts have since come forward to denounce the testimony of the forensic arson...

  • News:Officer Indicted for Instigating Fatal Assault of Inmate

    By U.S. Dept. of Justice November 03, 2009

    WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Orlando, Fla., has indicted a former Federal Bureau of Prisons corrections officer on charges related to a fatal assault on an inmate in March 2005. Michael Kennedy was charged with one count of conspiring with others to violate the federal civil rights of...

  • Opinion:Amnesty Int'l Protests Execution of DC Sniper John Muhammad

    By Amnesty International November 10, 2009

    This evening Texas and Virginia, the two most prolific executing states in the USA, are both slated to carry out lethal injections. Texas has scheduled an execution for Yosvanis Valle – a Cuban national – while Virginia is preparing to put to death John Allen Muhammad , known by most...

  • News:Does Juvenile Murderer Ethan Windom Deserve Life Without Parole?

    By Heritage Foundation November 10, 2009

    By Cully Stimson On November 9th , the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral arguments, JLWOP: Faces & Cases will be an on-going series on The Foundry that will tell real...

  • News:WY Cop Gets 15 Years for Kidnapping, Murder Plot While on Duty

    By U.S. Dept. of Justice November 22, 2009

    The Justice Department announced that U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Franklin Joseph Ryle Jr. to 15 years in prison today for depriving a man of his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizures by kidnapping the man and for...

  • Opinion:Will Texas Execute Mentally Retarded Man Despite Ban?

    By Amnesty International November 29, 2009

    By Brian Evans Bobby Woods (left) has an IQ of around 70 and is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on December 3. The crime for which he was sentenced to die was heinous (he was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl), but executing persons with mental retardation has...

  • News:FBI Report-Crime Rates Down Over First Half of 2009

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation December 21, 2009

    For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime , property crime, and arson have decreased. The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008. Crimes reported to our Uniform Crime Program are down...

  • News:Police Say Ex-Boyfriend Killed College Freshman Allison Myrick

    By Mark Berman Opposing Views January 25, 2010

    Allison Myrick, 19, knew her ex-boyfriend was trouble. So much so that she obtained two orders of protection to keep him away from her. But a couple of pieces of paper could not shield Allison from the bullets and the sharp edge of a knife that he is accused of using to murder her. According to a...

  • Video:PA Woman Found Guilty of Cutting Baby from Woman's Womb

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff January 26, 2010

    A Pennsylvania woman who lured, drugged and killed a pregnant teen in order to pass the baby off as her own has been found guilty of second-degree murder and kidnapping. She was also found to be mentally ill. More from the Associated Press: show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTWM58UpoQ...

  • News:HS Class President in Houston Hires Dope Dealer to Kill Mom

    By Mark Berman Opposing Views February 01, 2010

    A Houston high school class president, who was hoping to intern at the local police department, and his dope-dealing pal face capital murder charges for an alleged plot that left the class president's mother dead. Tabassum Khan was stabbed to death inside her apartment in November. It was a...

  • Video:Texas Mom Admits the Worst: "I Killed My Babies"

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff February 03, 2010

    In a bizarre-and-brutal crime, a 22-year-old woman stabbed her two young sons to death, then calmly held her wrists out to police officers who arrived at her home and said "I killed my babies," authorities said. The story from the Associated Press: show...

  • Opinion:Matthew Shepard's Murder No Hoax, But No Hate Crime

    By Family Research Council May 01, 2009

    Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has admitted making a "poor choice of words," during House debate on a "hate crimes" bill on April 29, when she used the word "hoax" in connection with the 1998 murder of a homosexual Wyoming college student, Matthew Shepard. Here's what she actually said: "We know...

  • News:Obama Pledges to 'Fully Understand' Camp Liberty Shooting

    By U.S. Department of Defense May 12, 2009

    WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 – President Barack Obama said his administration “will press to ensure that we fully understand” what led to the shooting of five U.S. servicemembers, allegedly by a U.S. soldier, on a U.S. military base in Iraq today. “I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear...

  • News:FBI Releases Annual Crime Report, Crime Rates Down Nationwide

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation June 03, 2009

    According to the FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released today, the nation experienced a 2.5 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes and a 1.6 percent decline in the number of property crimes for 2008 compared with data from 2007. The report is based on information that...

  • News:Paul Helmke - "Lunatic Killers Prove Need for Stronger Gun Laws"

    By The Brady Campaign June 14, 2009

    WASHINGTON --- Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement in the wake of the tragic shooting at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: “Back in April, a disturbed Pittsburgh man killed three police officers because he thought...

  • Research:States Without Death Penalty Have Lower Murder Rates

    By Amnesty International June 19, 2009

    Scientists agree, by an overwhelming majority, that the death penalty has no deterrent effect. They felt the same way over ten years ago, and nothing has changed since then. States without the death penalty continue to have significantly lower murder rates than those that retain capital...