capital punishment
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EDITORIAL: Virginia Set to Abolish Death Penalty, Others Should Follow
Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to sign two bills passed Monday by the state General Assembly to abolish Virginia’s death…
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DESCANO: Justice for All Means Dismantling the Federal Death Penalty, Commuting Death Row Sentences
Not only is the death penalty racist but it’s also woefully ineffective at preventing crime.
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South Africans Debate the Death Penalty Amid Rise in Gender-Based Violence
South African lawmakers have no appetite to restore the death penalty, despite growing calls globally for the reinstatement of capital…
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Federal Death Penalty Reinstated after 20-Year Hiatus
The United Nations Human Rights office has called the Trump administration's reinstatement of the federal death penalty after almost 20…
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Pope Francis Deems Death Penalty Unacceptable
On behalf of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced Thursday that the death penalty is "always" wrong, contrary to a previous…
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Georgia Inmate Wants New Hearing Over Juror’s Racial Slur
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An African-American man on Georgia’s death row is asking the Supreme Court for…
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Tennessee Brings Back the Electric Chair
ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of…
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Convicted Murderer Was Hit with Taser Leading Up to Execution, Report Shows
[News OK] Prison officers shocked an uncooperative Clayton Lockett with a Taser and found a self-inflicted cut on his arm…
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Experts Say Botched Execution in Oklahoma is Unlikely to Bring Big Death-Penalty Changes
[The Washington Post] The botched execution in Oklahoma that caused a prisoner to die in apparent agony triggered a review by the…
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Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Execution is Botched
BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A botched execution using a disputed new…
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