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Tag: death penalty

Julius Jones (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

Oklahoma Governor Commutes Julius Jones’ Death Sentence

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown November 18, 2021December 21, 2021

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday issued a last-minute decision to commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, a condemned inmate for whom Kim Kardashian and others had advocated clemency.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Virginia Set to Abolish Death Penalty, Others Should Follow

by WI Guest Author February 24, 2021December 21, 2021
Courtesy of JOTF
Posted inOp-Ed

DESCANO: Justice for All Means Dismantling the Federal Death Penalty, Commuting Death Row Sentences

by WI Guest Author February 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

U.S. Executes Brandon Bernard, 40, for 1999 Murders After Last-Minute Supreme Court Appeal Fails

by WI Guest Author December 11, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of the Death Penalty Information Center
Posted inNational

Death Penalty Disparities Linked to Slavery, Jim Crow Policies: Report

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer September 23, 2020December 21, 2021
Martin Luther King III
Posted inBlack Experience

MLK III Advocates on Behalf of Alabama Death Row Inmate

by WI Guest Author March 4, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inNational, Stacy M. Brown

Federal Death Penalty Reinstated after 20-Year Hiatus

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 31, 2019December 21, 2021
Now, 32 years old, having been incarcerated for 15 years, Juan Rayford Jr. remains in a San Diego-area prison with freedom now his primary dream. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

Black Teens Serving 11 Life Sentences in Crime Where No One Was Hurt

by WI Guest Author May 3, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** John William "Bill" King (center) is led from the Jasper County Courthouse by unidentified deputies following the first day of jury selection in his murder trial in Jasper, Texas, on Jan. 25, 1999. King and two other men are accused of the death of James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old disabled black man. (Paul Buck/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: James Byrd’s Killer Didn’t Deserve the Death Penalty

by WI Guest Author May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
Pope Francis attends the International Pilgrimage of altar boys and girls of the Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inFaith, International, Religion

Pope Francis Deems Death Penalty Unacceptable

by WI Guest Author August 3, 2018October 31, 2020

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