Agence France Presse July 14, 2009. Another convicted murderer who was due to be executed on Tuesday -- Paul Warner Powell in Virginia -- meanwhile obtained a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court pending further review.
Howard Zinn, City Lights. May 3, 2007. An excerpt from Howard Zinn's new book -- a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens -- explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.
Robert Scheer, AlterNet. January 3, 2007. The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of President Bush's claim it was "an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy."
Am Johal, AlterNet. January 3, 2007. Saddam was executed partially for the violation of human rights, but also for not being a doormat to American empire. Was hanging him just?
Robert Fisk, The Independent UK. December 30, 2006. Hussein's execution will be remembered as a case of America destroying an Arab leader who no longer obeyed his orders from Washington.
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