All posts tagged "Execution"
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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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Arkansas Can’t Find Enough Witnesses for Upcoming Executions
Eight executions are scheduled over 10 days in April.
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World Day Against Death Penalty: Do Executions Belong In the 21st Century?
On Monday, many around the world spoke out against the death penalty.
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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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Pfizer Prohibits Use of its Drugs for Executions
It's the last major company to do so.
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Utah May Bring Back the Firing Squad
Utah legislators are debating bringing back the firing squad instead of lethal injection in death penalty cases.
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ISIS Video Validity Questioned After Ransom Deadline Passes
Japan's deadline to pay $200 million ransom passed. Experts question the ISIS video while world waits.
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Reyhaneh Jabbari: Another Victim of Iran’s Harsh Death Penalty
The Iranian government executed a woman on Saturday for murdering a man who she said attempted to sexually...
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Don’t Watch the Foley Video
The world is reeling after the very public slaughter of an American journalist named James Foley.
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Kidnapping and Revenge: The Latest Chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
It’s an all too familiar occurrence: violence has broken out between Israelis and Palestinians. This time, the fighting...
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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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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...
