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Capital Punishment

• Activists hope to raise execution age: Bill would change limit from 17 years old to 18 [Feb 9 2004

  Concord Monitor • 2004 (February 9, 2004)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• Eyes turn to state debate on penalty: bill would end capital punishment [Apr 30 2000 pNH1+]

  Boston Sunday Globe NH Weekly • 2000 (April 30, 2000)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• State's death penalty foes reinvigorated: next year, they'll campaign to abolish it [Sep 25 1998 pB1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (September 25, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty
  See also: SEE ALSO UL 9/24 p1

• Attacking death law a challenge: strong arguments by Perry's lawyers up against the odds [May 26 1998 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (May 26, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Death penalty bill dies in House [Mar 20 1998 pA6]

  Union Leader • 1998 (March 20, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Death bill shot down in House: attempt to expand law is shot down by large margin [Mar 13 1998 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (March 13, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation
  See also: SEE ALSO UL 3/13 p1 & UL 3/14 pA7

• NH death penalty unconstitutional, lawyers in police murder case argue [Mar 12 1998 pA13]

  Union Leader • 1998 (March 12, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Critics: death bill gives prosecutors unintended power: Attorney General defends legislation [Mar 11 1998 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (March 11, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• House to vote on death penalty bill: Shaheen wants tougher measure [Mar 5 1998 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (March 5, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• NH death penalty law challenged [Feb 26 1998 p1]

  Union Leader • 1998 (February 26, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Death bill too strong for House: committee is expected to remove felony murder clause [Feb 17 1998 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1998 (February 17, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• Death Penalty: expansion push is beginning at State House [Feb 2 1998 p1A]

  Union Leader • 1998 (February 2, 1998)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Bill pushes limits on capital murder: plan would make state's law among toughest [Dec 22 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (December 22, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• Death penalty gaining: but opponents say it may be a tough fight [Dec 18 1997 pB1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (December 18, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• Deal struck on capital murder law: Shaheen, GOP back bill to expand state's death penalty [Dec 17 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (December 17, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation
  See also: SEE ALSO UL p1

• Capital punishment opposed: group forms to fight proposed legislation [Nov 14 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (November 14, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty
  See also: SEE ALSO UL pA11

• Death sentence supported: Smith backs capital punishment change [Nov 6 1997 pB3]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (November 6, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• History of state's death penalty is a morbid tale: women serenaded one killer before he was hanged [Sep 6 1997 pB1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (September 6, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• The last man to hang: state executions ceased in '39 [Aug 31 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (August 31, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Last execution in state happened 58 years ago: death would come by lethal injection [Aug 26 1997 pA2]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (August 26, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-History Death Penalty Death Penalty-History History
  See also: SEE ALSO BSG 9/7 pNH1

• Governor calls for review of capital punishment law [Aug 19 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (August 19, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Deciding the death penalty: Buchanan case highlights concerns [Jul 18 1997 p1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (July 18, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Death Penalty

• Death penalty no salve to murdered man's son: Cushing argues against adding to capital crimes [Feb 28 1997 pB1]

  Concord Monitor • 1997 (February 28, 1997)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Capital Punishment-Proposed Legislation Death Penalty Death Penalty-Proposed Legislation Proposed Legislation

• The dealth penality's geography [Sept 5 1994 p1]

  Union Leader • 1994 (September 5, 1994)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Crime and Criminals

• Death penalty fought for in Johnson case; prosecutors appeal to High Court (RE: Kenneth Johnson) [May 10 1991 pA1]

  Concord Monitor • 1991 (May 10, 1991)

  Subjects: Capital Punishment Homicide