A judge in Manhattan ruled that the federal death penalty is unconstitutional; the judge wrote that the number of exonerations due to DNA evidence demonstrated that there is an "undue risk of executing innocent people" and that capital punishment thus violates the constitutional right to due process. The death penalty, he said, is "tantamount to foreseeable, state-sponsored murder of innocent beings." An American AC-130 gunship fired on a wedding party in Afghanistan for two hours, killing up to 50 people and injuring 150; an entire extended family of 25 was killed. The government of Afghanistan "expressed dismay";
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A judge in Manhattan ruled that the federal death penalty is unconstitutional; the judge wrote that the number of exonerations due to DNA evidence demonstrated that there is an "undue risk of executing innocent people" and that capital punishment thus violates the constitutional right to due process. The death penalty, he said, is "tantamount to foreseeable, state-sponsored murder of innocent beings." An American AC-130 gunship fired on a wedding party in Afghanistan for two hours, killing up to 50 people and injuring 150; an entire extended family of 25 was killed. The government of Afghanistan "expressed dismay";