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Opinion | The death penalty needs to be abolished, not revived
In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...
Idaho college murders: Death penalty hearing to examine whether suspect is 'continuing threat'
Whether the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students can be punished with the death penalty if convicted will be the focus of a planned hearing Thursday, less than a week before the ...
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Legal groups challenge the death penalty in Kansas, 60 years after the state’s last execution
The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.
Why do Alex Murdaugh, others escape the death penalty in SC while Richard Moore doesn’t?
South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...
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Robert Roberson's death row case raises questions over capital punishment fairness
News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...
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ACLU starts hearings on Kansas death penalty by emphasizing evidence of racial bias
Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, speaks with reporters after a hearing on the death penalty in Wyandotte County District Court. The ACLU is challenging the death ...
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The debate over the death penalty
The U.S. is among one of the leading countries in executions. Gallup polling shows that as of last year, 53% of Americans ...
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AG Paxton calls for Jeff Leach’s resignation after message sent to judge asking to consider new trial in Roberson case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to ...
ACLU argues to overturn Kansas’ death penalty based on 2 Wyandotte County murder cases
Experts testified Monday that the death penalty is racially biased, and the flawed system is set up to kill Black men at a ...
Iran executes a Jewish citizen convicted of murder following a dispute over money
Iran has executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man following a personal dispute. It was a rare case of an execution of member of a religious minority in the predominately Muslim ...
Rajasthan: Rape-cum-murder convict gets capital punishment
A local court here on Monday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a case of rape and gruesome killing of a minor ...