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Apr.30.2011
A cunning plot to fox the powers-that-be
Next day, Berkeley went straight to the offices of the Commissary of Surrey and swore an affidavit concerning his identity and lawful fitness, and that of his intended spouse, to be joined in Holy Matrimony. The Deputy in charge was Thomas Champion...
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Mar.30.2011
Having attempted to obtain his freedom for more than twenty years, Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis may have lost his final chance when on March 28, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it would neither review Davis's requested appeal itself nor order the Federal Appeals Court in...
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Mar.09.2011
Philip Yorke, lst Earl of Hardwicke
Fanny Wilmot, lover of the nefarious cleric, Hupsman, knows her rights, thanks to Mrs Wollstonecraft.
Wilmot’s unseemly invasion had given the lovers sterling morale.
“It is not very pretty in him to pursue justice so,” said Fanny, tearfully...
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Oct.24.2010
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Mary's conscience is smitten as she wonders whether two wrongs can ever make a right.
Berkeley sanded his handiwork, blew upon the paper and laid it down carefully to dry. Meanwhile, the Banns were secreted in a long redundant Book of Banns. They were placed between two...
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Oct.20.2010
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The inquisitive governess wonders whether a spoonful of brimstone and treacle is in order.
Two or three sheets of parchment were scattered over the desk in the corner of the room with writing tools, tracing paper, a pot of glue and an oil-paint brush....
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Oct.15.2010
A reluctant signatory and an inquisitive governess can only make for trouble
It was a Sunday morning at the beginning of Lent. They had chosen Sunday because most of the servants would be at Parish Mass in the Minster. Mr Carrington would be conducting the service and Price would...
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Sep.24.2010
Teresa Lewis: victim of vengeance
I've reported many executions – but the more I see, the less it makes sense. Now this unreason has claimed number 1,227
Naseem Rakha
guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 September 2010 04.08 BST
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Death penalty protesters outside Greensville...
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Sep.02.2010
There was a blue chip reason why God had put Adam to sleep before stealing his rib to create Eve, Hupsman decided during his liverish last leg upon earth. Had he been awake, Adam would not have...
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Nov.11.2009
Before I begin this article I am going to tell you I don't know if I am for or against the death penalty. I really don't. When I am reading about heinous crimes people commit and what it does to the families of the victims you will hear me screaming, "Kill him! He must die for his crime!...
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Nov.10.2009
The DC Sniper was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers. John Allen Muhammed, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, terrorized the Washington region in 2002 during their three-week shooting spree.
Opponents of the death penalty are accused of...
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