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Right to Counsel
SUPREME COURT RULINGS: CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DO AND DO NOT WARRANT THE DEATH PENALTY, RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE COUNSEL, APPEALS BASED ON NEW EVIDENCE, AND CONSTITUTIONALITY OF EXECUTION METHODS CIRCUMSTANCES FOUND NOT TO WARRANT THE DEATH PENALTY Rape and Kidnapping On June 29, 1977, a 5–4 divided... Read more |
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Black Death
Black Death An epidemic of catastrophic proportions, the Black Death first struck England in the summer of 1348. This first outbreak probably killed between a third and a half of the population, as is shown by figures showing death rates for the clergy, and for peasant landholders. It is usually... Read more |
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Thanatology
Thanatology Thanatology is the study of dying, death, and grief. This study encompasses thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and events. Contributors to the growing knowledge of death-related phenomena include social, behavioral, and biomedical researchers as well as economists, health-care providers,... Read more |
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cot death
cot death Sudden unexpected death, with no cause identified after post-mortem examination, accounts for between one-third and one-half of deaths occurring in babies between the ages of 1 month and 1 year in developed countries.In 1855, Thomas Wakely, the founder editor of the Lancet, wrote about... Read more |
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Bills of Mortality
BILLS OF MORTALITY In English parishes, beginning in 1538, every burial required completion of a document that was the precursor of the modern death certificate. This made the burial legal and allowed the deceased's estate to be legally disposed of. The number of deaths were compiled on a weekly... Read more |
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post-mortem examination
post-mortem examination or autopsy, systematic examination of a cadaver for study or for determining the cause of death. Post-mortems use many methodical procedures to determine the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, for epidemologic purposes, for establishment of genetic causes, and for... Read more |
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brain death
brain death applies to the situation when the heart continues to beat with the breathing maintained mechanically after the brain has permanently ceased to function — and it is an unnatural artefact of medical technology.Under natural conditions when the brain ceases to function breathing... Read more |
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The Death of General Montgomery
Death of General Montgomery, The (1777), a blank‐verse tragedy by H. H. Brackenridge. Written as an exercise for his students at the Somerset Academy in Maryland, the play described Montgomery's ill‐fated attack on Quebec, but all the real action took place offstage and was merely... Read more |
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NSW: Wagga students to be counselled over rail crossing deaths
...01-29-2001 NSW: Wagga students to be counselled over rail crossing deaths SYDNEY, Jan 29...returning to school in Wagga Wagga tomorrow will be...processof ... |