EXECUTIONS
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Democracy Now! March 13, 2003
Hour 1: Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will deploy troops with or without UN backing: we talk to a Conservative Party MP who opposes war and former Labour Party Chair Tony Benn; Uniting For Peace : can the UN General Assembly trump the Security Council by invoking a little-known resolution, and stop the war?;…
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Democracy Now! March 11, 2003
U.S. chains & shackles naked detainees to the ceiling in Afghanistan: Is the U.S. using torture? ; Bush delays plans for Israeli-Palestinian peace plan: Israeli forces kill over 60 Palestinians since Feb. 15; Former FBI chief calls for the Supreme Court to halt the execution of Delma Banks in Texas: We talk to Banks mother…
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Democracy Now! March 13, 2003
Delma Banks lives: U.S. Supreme Court grants emergency stay 15 minutes before Texan man was scheduled to be executed; Elizabeth Smart is found while Alexis Patterson is largely forgotten: We look at the cases of two girls who were abducted last year and why one made headlines and the other didn’t; New York says no…
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Democracy Now! March 18, 2003
Hour 1: President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: Democracy Now talks to response Dennis Halliday, Ralph Nader, Leslie Cagan and Jeremy Scahill; With 300,000 troops set to invade Iraq, Gulf War veterans are concerned the safety of US forces may be compromised: We talk to Steve…
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Democracy Now! March 18, 2003
President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: Democracy Now talks to response Dennis Halliday, Ralph Nader, Leslie Cagan and Jeremy Scahill; With 300,000 troops set to invade Iraq, Gulf War veterans are concerned the safety of US forces may be compromised: We talk to Steve Robinson of…
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Democracy Now! February 28, 2003
Investigative reporter Greg Palast on how Bush killed the FBI’s investigation into Saudi Arabia s financing of terrorist organizations; he also discusses the head of the Pentagon s Total Information Awareness Program John Poindexter s ties to a data-mining corporation; New Orleans mother appeals to the Pope to help prevent the execution of her son:…
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Democracy Now! March 11, 2003
Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…
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Democracy Now! And The Death Penalty – 3 Tape Set
Three cassette boxed tape set of Democracy Now! programs on the subject of the Death Penalty. TAPE 1: Democracy Now! (12/18/00) [59:00] Death Penalty Moratorium: Sister Helen Prejean and death row survivor William Nieves. [PZ0388.056]; TAPE 2: Democracy Now! (11/16/00) [20:00] Witness to an execution: an audio documentary [PZ0388.34]; Democracy Now! (12/27/00) [20:00] Illinois Governor…
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Democracy Now! February 1, 1999
An Interview With Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers; Interview with Dr. Dorothy Lewis; |An Interview with Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers If the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene on his behalf in the next two days, Sean Sellers will become the first person in 40 years to be executed in the United States for…