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He seems to become especially intense when questioning turns to the issue of capital punishment .
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It called for a free vote on marijuana, and also for possible referendums on abortion and the restoration of capital punishment .
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On the question whether on merits it would be desirable to abolish capital punishment Ministers were divided.
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Our eagerness for capital punishment echoes the mentality of the old slave code.
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The back-to-back executions would quicken the pace of capital punishment in Maryland.
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The minutes continued: The Cabinet then discussed the question of the abolition of capital punishment .
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There were a few men and women dressed in black, who waited as silent witnesses to the obscenity of capital punishment .
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This whole capital punishment thing is becoming a real pain in the neck for a civilized society.