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For what crimes does the U.S. have authority to (none / 0) (#1)
by oculus on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 07:43:24 PM EST
ask for the death penalty?  Treason, sedition, AWOL, any others?

Thanks to Bill Clinton (none / 0) (#2)
by Ben Masel on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 11:11:40 AM EST
and his "60 New Death Penalties," you can, in theory, be executed by the Feds for offences as trivial as growing pot.


This is a test of the Emergency Free Speech System. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency, I'd already be locked up.
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Hmmmm. You are a zealous advocate. Link? (none / 0) (#3)
by oculus on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 12:14:25 PM EST


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Citation (5.00 / 1) (#4)
by Ben Masel on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 03:54:19 PM EST
H.R.3355
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

`Sec. 3591. Sentence of death      

(b) A defendant who has been found guilty of--

            `(1) an offense referred to in section 408(c)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848(c)(1)), committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise offense under the conditions described in subsection (b) of that section which involved not less than twice the quantity of controlled substance described in subsection (b)(2)(A) or twice the gross receipts described in subsection (b)(2)(B); or

            `(2) an offense referred to in section 408(c)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848(c)(1)), committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise offense under that section, where the defendant is a principal administrator, organizer, or leader of such an enterprise, and the defendant, in order to obstruct the investigation or prosecution of the enterprise or an offense involved in the enterprise, attempts to kill or knowingly directs, advises, authorizes, or assists another to attempt to kill any public officer, juror, witness, or members of the family or household of such a person,

      shall be sentenced to death if, after consideration of the factors set forth in section 3592 in the course of a hearing held pursuant to section 3593, it is determined that imposition of a sentence of death is justified, except that no person may be sentenced to death who was less than 18 years of age at the time of the offense.




This is a test of the Emergency Free Speech System. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency, I'd already be locked up.
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Interesting. The DEA keeps on truckin', but (none / 0) (#5)
by oculus on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 04:46:11 PM EST
have they ever arrested anyone whose MJ activities fell within these definitions?  Unlikely.  

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Jefferson (none / 0) (#6)
by Ben Masel on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 05:10:10 PM EST
Grew 900 times the threshold number of plants in 1814.


This is a test of the Emergency Free Speech System. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency, I'd already be locked up.
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Ex post facto of the highest order. (none / 0) (#7)
by oculus on Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 12:33:47 PM EST


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