What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty?
Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...
Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers argue he could be executed by ‘inhumane’ firing squad if he’s convicted of Idaho murders
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is back in court Thursday as his lawyers argue to take the death penalty off the table, claiming he would face an ...
I witnessed Richard B. Moore’s execution in SC. Here’s what I experienced and saw
South Carolina law allows up to three media members to witness an execution who then share what they saw and heard inside the ...
Justice or politics? Here’s why California prosecutors seek death penalty despite moratorium
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...
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Jim Bailey column: Is justice served by execution?
Two ongoing death penalty cases once again have revived a divide in this country over the effectiveness of trading one life ...
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Ban on medically-assisted suicide barely passes in West Virginia
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A ban on medically-assisted suicide will now be part of West Virginia’s constitution. West Virginia ...
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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.
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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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SCOTUS punts on review of standard that helped mentally disabled man avoid death penalty
Over a dozen states wrote in support of Alabama’s appeal, claiming that protections against cruel and unusual punishment have ...
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 ...
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 ...