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Top Court to Review Execution of Mentally Retarded

Justices will hear appeal by a North Carolina death-row inmate said to have the mind of a 10-year-old.

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Supreme Court to Debate Execution of Mentally Retarded

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Supreme Court Rules Execution of Retarded Is Unconstitutional

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I Still Believe In Islamic Law

But the Nigerian stoning-for-adultery case has made me call for a moratorium on applying it.

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God's Country by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

The ghost of William Jennings Bryan smiles on Aiken, S.C. -- where the debate between evolution and creationism still rages

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Justice Stevens Criticizes Death Penalty

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What It's Like to Talk to the Dead

Beliefnet readers share stories of cold chills, warm hugs--even recipes, from beyond the grave.

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'Religious Freedom Comes from God'

Roy Moore, the deposed Alabama judge, discusses his most famous case, and why he's still fighting for the Ten Commandments.

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Life-and-Death Decisions

Beliefnet's readers tell their stories.

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Florida Senate OKs Lethal Injection

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