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| | LII: Law about...the Death Penalty |
 | | Georgia, 433 U.S., the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is a grossly disproportionate punishment for the crime of rape of an adult woman. | | | The death penalty, or capital punishment, may be prescribed by Congress or any state legislature for murder and other capital crimes. | | | The Court came to this conclusion by considering objective indicia of the nation's attitude toward the death penalty in rape cases. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html
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| | Death Penalty |
| | Because of the intense scrutiny and numerous appeals applied to death penalty cases, a growing number of legal professionals have begun to oppose the death penalty for economic reasons, arguing that the costs of trial and appeals for a capital case are greater than would be the case if the death penalty were not sought. | | | In 1976, the court reinstated the death penalty after the adoption of new procedures. | | | Among the 50 states, the death penalty is abolished in 13 states and 5 more states have not carried out any recent executions. |
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http://www.newsbatch.com/deathpenalty.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) |
| | The court which prescribed this penalty was the Court of the Areopagus. | | | In the case of the imposition of any penalty upon a criminal in the courts of Athens, the prosecutor proposed the penalty in the first instance and then the person condemned had the privilege of suggesting a different punishment. | | | The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12565a.htm
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| | Death Penalty |
| | Death Penalty Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives. | | | The death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment | | | ASC publicly condemns this form of punishment and urges its members to use their professional skills in legislatures and the courts to seek a speedy abolition of this form of punishment. |
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http://talkjustice.com/links.asp?453053911
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| | Death Penalty |
| | The death penalty is not a deterrent to `capital' crime. | | | Opponents of the death penalty also argue that such a punishment is too costly and time-consuming to enforce. | | | That means that 85% of the public supported the death penalty for certain types of murderers, which is exactly the way the death penalty has been enforced for the past 30 years. |
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http://www.thepubliccause.net/DeathPenalty.html
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| | The Death Penalty Debate |
| | Addresses major issues in the death penalty: the risk of executing the innocent, deterrence, race, cost of the death penalty versus life imprisonment without parole, death penalty procedures, and Christianity adn the death penalty. | | | Advocates the return of the death penalty to Wisconsin, currently a non-death penalty state, and examines biblical statements on punishment by death, asserting that "Capital punishment IS biblical. | | | Kansas provides the death penalty in cases of capital murder given one of seven aggravating circumstances; persons determined to be mentally retarded are excluded from capital sentencing. |
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http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/debate.html
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| | Fight the Death Penalty in USA |
| | And with new rules for review of death penalty cases the politicians have minimized your chances to have your sentence overthrown, even if you are able to provide new evidence demonstrating your innocence. | | | Despite the courts' efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. | | | And apparently they also ignore their own police chiefs whos belief in the effect of the death penalty is rather limited. |
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| | Message from the Prosecuting Attorney |
| | However, the risk of making a mistake with the extraordinary due process applied in death penalty cases is very small, and there is no credible evidence to show that any innocent persons have been executed at least since the death penalty was reactivated in 1976. | | | In order for the death penalty to remain a meaningful and effective punishment, those same legislators and judges need to make necessary changes to reflect the will of the people in a democratic society. | | | The Death Penalty in the U.S. Capital Punishment Timeline |
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http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/death.htm
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| | Death Penalty Links |
| | At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. | | | While international documents have restricted and in some cases even banned the death penalty, its application is still not against customary international law. | | | A Declaration of Life - Document you can use to express your distaste for the death penalty and your desire for it not to be applied if you become the victim of murder. |
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http://www.derechos.org/dp
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| | Death Penalty |
| | Syllabi are summaries of each case prepared by the Court's reporter of decisions." The site is preset to search for all cases on the death penalty or capital punishment. | | | Ethics Update's punishment and death penalty page has links to selected resources, including those to court decisions, legislation, statistical information, full text articles, information about particular sites, and NPR's "Talk of the Nation" programs on the death penalty. | | | See also the issue of Focus on Law Studies that examines the death penalty. |
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http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/deathpen.html
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| | HRW: The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. |
| | These principles cannot be reconciled with the death penalty, a form of punishment that is unique in its barbarity and finality. | | | Take action on death penalty legislation in your state | | | The intrinsic fallibility of all criminal justice systems assures that even when full due process of law is respected, innocent persons may be executed. |
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http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/deathpenalty
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| | death penalty on Encyclopedia.com |
| | A view to a kill: unlike capital punishment in the United States, Japan's death penalty is on the rise. | | | Japanese officials keep state executions out of public view and shrouded in secrecy. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-deathpnlty.asp
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| | Ohioans to Stop Executions |
| | Its purpose is to end the use of capital punishment in the state of Ohio through education. | | | Currently over 100 Ohio organizations and municipalities have endorsed a death penalty moratorium. | | | In January 2003 Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) embarked on a campaign to bring about a moratorium in Ohio as a viable step towards death penalty abolition. |
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http://www.otse.org
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| | Death Penalty 2003 |
| | Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty - information and recent news from the Death Penalty Information Center; be sure to read summaries of the states' criteria for establishing and defining mental retardation. | | | Crimes Punishable by the Death Penalty - listing of states and those crimes punishable by death. | | | Focus on the Death Penalty - established by the Justice Center at University of Alaska Anchorage as an educational resource to give as full a picture as possible, using existing Internet resources, of the complex issues surrounding capital punishment and its application. |
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http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/deathpenalty.html
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| | Death Penalty Links |
| | Excerpt from Justice For All pro-death penalty article "Death Penalty and Sentencing Information," thoroughly addressing the general and specific deterrent effects of the death penalty in the United States. | | | Excerpt from Justice For All pro-death penalty article "Death Penalty and Sentencing Information," thoroughly addressing the financial costs of the death penalty as opposed to life imprisonment without parole in the United States. | | | Short opinion column expressing opposition to the death penalty in the abstract, but recognizing the difficulty of that position where the crime is brutal, the evidence clear, and the victim your child. |
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http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm
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| | New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty |
| | The State Senate voted a new death penalty bill and concerned citizens must keep up their efforts to get out the facts about the death penalty. | | | In 2004, the year when New York State's death penalty was overturned, the state's crime rate continued to drop, with murder going down 2.9% and violent crimes 5.9%. | | | Please let your legislators know the facts: New York does not want the death penalty! |
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http://www.nyadp.org
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| | Project for Global Democracy and Human Rights: The Death Penalty |
| | Lafayette on the death penalty (in the original French) | | | Protocol #13 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances (ETS #187) | | | World atlas of the death penalty and rates of incarceration: |
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http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/dp/deathpenalty.html
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| | WWW Links |
| | It is generally up-to-date, with information on the latest threats to Habeas Corpus, new federal death penalty legislation and the newsletter 'The ACLU Abolitionist.' | | | This site offers Congressional statutes for which federal crimes warrant capital punishment and statistics on the death penalty. | | | Home of the Moratorium 2000 campaign, a global petition drive calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/wwwlinks.html
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| | Death Penalty Information Center |
| | "The bottom line is that Florida is now the only state in the country that allows the death penalty to be imposed even though the penalty-phase jury may determine by a mere majority vote both whether aggravators exist and whether to recommend the death penalty. | | | NEW RESOURCE: Christian Networks Journal Examines Death Penalty | | | In its first death penalty case this term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Brown v. |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
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| | Death Penalty: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns |
| | Please join us in taking action against the death penalty. | | | Uganda: First ever arrest warrants by International Criminal Court - a first step towards addressing impunity | | | Learn more about the death penalty in your state » |
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http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/index.do
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| | CyberSleuth Kids.com: A K-12 Homework Helper and Directory |
| | Attached is a list of countries, indicating whether or not their laws provide for the death penalty. | | | Information about the Court, including pending cases, judgments and decisions, basic texts, and press releases, in English and French. | | | Federal and State material about the death penalty. |
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http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Government/Law/index.htm
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| | Bureau of Justice Statistics Capital Punishment Statistics |
| | At yearend 2003, 37 States and the Federal prison system held 3,374 prisoners under sentence of death, 188 fewer than at yearend 2002. | | | Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, white inmates have made up more than half of the number under sentence of death. |
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http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm
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| | Encyclopedia article on Penalty [EncycloZine] |
| | used in the plural, penalties or sanctions, with the more restricted meaning of punishment for violating rules of procedure, or for abusing the judicial process. | | | in sports; for example, in football (soccer) there is a penalty area, otherwise known as the 'eighteen-yard box' due to its size. | | | Penalty kicks are taken from the penalty spot, twelve yards from the centre of the goal-line. |
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http://encyclozine.com/Penalty
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| | Santorum rethinks death penalty stance |
| | the application of the death penalty should be limited. | | | According to www.ontheissues.org, which tracks voting on social issues, in 1994 Santorum voted against replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment, and in 1996 he helped to kill an effort to make it easier for death row inmates to appeal their convictions.. | | | The bishops of Pennsylvania first issued a statement against the death penalty about 20 years ago, then updated it in 2001, said Carolyn Astfalk, comunications director for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05081/475366.stm
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| | ABCNEWS.com : Poll: Death Penalty Remains in Favor |
| | In an April ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll, 37 percent called handling the death penalty “very important” in deciding how to vote for president, ranking it 14th out of 15 issues tested. | | | The Columbia University study, released earlier this month, found that more than two-thirds of death penalty sentences appealed from 1973 through 1995 were overturned by higher courts because of flaws in the way the cases were investigated or tried. | | | Recent research that documents flaws in the death penalty system doesn’t change the opinions of most Americans. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/poll000619.html
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| | OCADP |
| | Membership in OCADP is open to anyone who opposes capital punishment. | | | OCADP is an official state chapter of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. | | | The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty |
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http://www.ocadp.org
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| | Death Penalty Religious: Home |
| | Coordinated by the American Friends Service Committee's criminal justice program, the Project provides people of faith with the tools and resources they need to become effective advocates for abolition. | | | The Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Project was created to galvanize and empower the religious community in the United States to work against capital punishment. | | | Nearly every large religious body in the United States has a strong statement condemning the death penalty. |
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http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org
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| | Pro-death penalty.com |
| | With very few exceptions, these sites are anti-death penalty. | | | Is this because the majority of people are against the death penalty? | | | It is simply because people who are adamantly opposed to the death penalty tend to take an activist stance and become involved in working to stop the death penalty. |
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http://www.prodeathpenalty.com
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| | Penalty Quotes |
| | Penalty Encyclopedia Links Penalty History Links Penalty Definition | | | Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's Easy! | | | Have some fun and play our daily Sudoko Puzzle! |
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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/penalty.html
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| | American Civil Liberties Union |
| | The death penalty is the greatest denial of civil liberties. | | | In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declared the execution of juveniles unconstitutional. | | | STOP Congress from Expanding the Federal Death Penalty |
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http://www.aclu.org/death-penalty
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| | USCCB - Efforts to End the Death Penalty |
| | Excerpts on the Death Penalty from "Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice", November 15, 2000 | | | on the Church & the Death Penalty, May 25, 2000 | | | USCCB - Efforts to End the Death Penalty |
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http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/national/criminal/cappunishment.htm
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| | Death Penalty Focus |
| | Dean Polden’s letter to the Justice Commission states, “[t]he study raises significant questions about whether the death penalty is being administered fairly in this state. | | | SAN FRANCISCO - Only weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is to issue its decisions in three California death penalty cases involving an African-American, a Latino and a Native American man, the first statewide study examining how race, ethnicity, and geography affect death sentencing in California has been made public. | | | They cited the death penalty’s failure to reduce violent crime as one of the many reasons why they were supporting the bill and called for a redirection of resources into successful crime prevention measures, such as mental health services and gun control programs. |
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| | Prison Activist Resource Center: Death Penalty |
| | Bruderhof Death Penalty Page: Articles and links against the death penalty from this grassroots-oriented religious community. | | | Abolition Road was founded to take the message of abolition of the death penalty on the road in order to educate the people on the real picture of what the death penalty is: an arbitrarily used, irreversible state sanctioned murder that is racially and economically biased and kills innocent people. | | | NJustice: Opposing the death penalty in PA, giving a human face to those on the row. |
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http://www.prisonactivist.org/death-penalty
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| | Capital punishment; the death penalty |
| | Public support of and opposition to the death penalty | | | Reasons people give for and against the death penalty | | | Policies by religious groups about the death penalty |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/execute.htm
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| | HANDS OFF CAIN against death penalty in the world |
| | October 13, 2005: Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev called for constitutional amendments that would abolish the death penalty and strip future presidents of immunity from prosecution after they stepped down from office. | | | HANDS OFF CAIN against death penalty in the world | | | Join the appeal to the United Nations promoted by Hands Off Cain for an international moratorium on capital executions. |
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| | Campaign To End The Death Penalty |
| | Fighting the Death Penalty: A New Civil Rights Struggle | | | Former death row prisoners, family members and activists reveal the truth about the death penalty and the injustices of our criminal justice system. | | | Campaign To End The Death Penalty, Chicago, IL PO Box 25730, Chicago, IL 60625, www.nodeathpenalty.org |
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| | About MVFR |
| | Founded in 1976 by Marie Deans of Charlottesville, Virginia, MVFR is a national organization of family members of both homicide and state killings who oppose the death penalty in all cases. | | | Our mission is to abolish the death penalty. | | | MVFR is a non-religious, death penalty abolition organization that includes people of a wide variety of faiths and belief systems. |
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http://www.mvfr.org
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | For More Information on "penalty" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "penalty" |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=penalty
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| | NodeWorks - Issues: Economic: Taxation: Marriage Penalty |
| | Suggesting that 'marriage penalty' reform would unnecessarily complicate the tax code. | | | Asserting that it is single people, not married couples, who get unfavorable tax treatment. |
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http://dir.nodeworks.com/Society/Issues/Economic/Taxation/Marriage_Penalty
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| | CUADP: For Alternatives to the Death Penalty. |
| | Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP) works to end the death penalty in the United States through aggressive campaigns of public education and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism. | | | Hear Abe, Juan Melendez and Bill Pelke at Monterey, CA on 2/14 speak on the reality of the death penalty. | | | Support CUADP and contact Computer Partners for Web Design and Hosting, eCommerce and Search Engine Optimization. |
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http://www.cuadp.org
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| | Serbia Info News / Tenth place in the world - success or not? |
| | The missed penalty so much demoralized the Yugoslav players that they gave away the initiative to aggressive Dutchmen. | | | The defensive tactics did not pay off as the Dutch Bergkamp scored a goal 1-0. | | | Only after receiving the goal, the Yugoslav footballers started attacking and at the beginning of the second halftime, already in 48th minute, Slobodan Komljenovic equalized, after captain Dragan Stojkovic sent the ball into the penalty area where Komljenovic received it hitting the ball with his head into a goal. |
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http://www.serbia-info.com/news/1999-06/08/12393.html
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| | Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty |
| | This page was last updated April 22, 2005 Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty | | | The Ultimate Online Death Penalty Resource - Make the CCADP your homepage ! | | | This page is maintained and updated by Dave Parkinson and Tracy Lamourie in Toronto, Canada |
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