As a philosopher, he sealed his death warrant with his usual wit and serenity.

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The Nation piece asks that people call District Attorny Larry Chisolm at 912-652-7308 to ask that he withdraw his death warrant.

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He said that 35 years ago, breast cancer was "viewed as a death warrant, " but today that is not the case.

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For so many domestic violence victims worldwide, a marriage license can result in a death warrant when the victim plans to end the violence.

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Very possibly he has also signed his own death warrant.

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The death warrant of the conventional bulb was signed by EU leaders in 2007 to help meet climate change targets, but other countries have been thinking about it too.

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Here is the fundamental obstacle to agreement: Britain's banks feel they cannot unilaterally and permanently cut bonus payments to their investment bankers, without in effect signing a death warrant for those operations (because their top people would quit).

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To put this into context, the only federal crimes that have no statute of limitations are capital offenses that warrant the death penalty and certain terrorism, child abduction, and sex offenses.

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On Monday we heard that deputy Chris Long, who was blamed for the shooting death of Peyton Strickland while serving a search warrant over a suspected PS3 theft, had been dismissed from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, and that he was to go on trial for second degree murder.

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