All posts tagged "Capital Punishment"
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Two Arrested For Murders of Four Missing Pennsylvania Men
The bodies of all four have been found by investigators.
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Arkansas Keeps Fighting to Carry Out Planned Executions
Eight inmates were scheduled to be executed over an 11-day period.
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ICYMI: Best of the Week
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Will Banning Judicial Override for Capital Cases Keep Alabama Out of Court?
Alabama's sentencing scheme still lags behind other states'.
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Florida Prosecutor Won’t Seek Death Penalty, Governor Yanks Her Cases
Democrat Aramis Ayala is the first black elected prosecutor in the country.
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Is the U.S. Slowly Phasing Out Capital Punishment?
In 2016, the U.S. saw a record decline in death penalty use and public support.
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Death Is Different: Restricting the Sale of Lethal Injection Drugs
Should companies make it harder for states to buy execution drugs?
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Capital Punishment: Is American Opinion Changing?
A look at some of the arguments surrounding the death penalty.
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Death by Firing Squad Now Legal in Utah
Death row prisoners in Utah can now be executed by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
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DOJ Study: Death Penalty Not a Guaranteed Death Sentence
A new study has found that many death row prisoners are never executed.
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Jury Selection Begins in Boston Marathon Bomber Trial
How do you select jury members to try domestic terrorism?
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Death Penalty in the United States: Why We Still Have It
The United States is one of only a few remaining countries to use the death penalty. Why do...
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Cruel and Unusual: California Death Penalty Delays
A federal judge ruled last week that California’s death penalty system is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth...
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Lethal Injection Crisis in America: How States Are Solving the Problem
Due to lethal injection crisis in America--the dwindling access to typical lethal injection drugs-- states across the nation...
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SCOTUS Steps Up Amid Execution Controversy
Justice Samuel Alito stayed the execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew this week in a rare...
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BREAKING: Real Life Lady Dexter Confesses to Between 22 & 100 Murders
So, apparently Dexter might be a real thing. This week, 19-year-old Miranda Barbour confessed to killing at least...
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Is the US Done With the Death Penalty?
The United States will be able to report a lower number of executions in 2013. Thirty-nine people were...
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Petition Denied to Death Row Inmate Convicted of Killing Daughter
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition of habeas corpus last Wednesday to Oklahoma death...
