http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/353/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/california_measure_34_end_death_penalty <p>Home to nearly a quarter of the nation’s death row population and in a state coping with budget crisis, independent analysts estimate that getting rid of the death penalty could save California taxpayers $130 million annually. The latest polls show a narrow margin of Californians oppose Prop 34, and that significant percentages are still undecided.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/california_measure_34_end_death_penalty#comments california death penalty Election 2012 Jeanne Woodford News Article Police State prison Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:02:51 +0000 ecigarettes 24116 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/texas_will_execute_inmate_iq_61_tuesday <p>54-year-old Marvin Wilson is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday in Texas, even though extensive testing by a neuropsychologist has found that he reads and writes at the level of a 7-year-old and has an IQ of 61. He failed the seventh grade, was socially promoted through the eighth and ninth grades and dropped out of school in the tenth; he reportedly sucked his thumb into adulthood and was unable to operate toys such as tops and marbles...</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/texas_will_execute_inmate_iq_61_tuesday#comments death penalty Ignorance News Article Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:55:13 +0000 snowdog2012 22737 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/how_facebook_and_myspace_can_help_lead_death_penalty <p>This is the second case of someone getting the death penalty from information gained from social networking sites. Would they have had a case without using their personal pages?</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/how_facebook_and_myspace_can_help_lead