The US has executed 5 men in 6 days. A look at the state of the death penalty
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...
How would Missouri’s next governor handle the death penalty after Williams execution?
The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, ...
Why has Kamala Harris been silent about the death penalty?
As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris pledged to end capital punishment. Yet in this election cycle, her platform — and ...
SAUNDERS: Kamala Harris and her death penalty tap dance
Axios asks Vice President Kamala Harris where she stands on the death penalty. And the answer is silence after years of flip ...
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Who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada?
David Carpenter (USA): Known as the "Trailside Killer," Carpenter has been on death row in California since 1984. He ...
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Oakland prosecutors kept Black, Jewish people off juries to promote death penalty convictions
In Alameda County, prosecutors kept Black and Jewish people off juries to increase the likelihood of a death penalty ...
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No Death Penalty For Accused Coin Shop Killer, $500,000 Bond Set
The man accused of gunning down two people in a Cheyenne coin shop in 2015 won’t face the death penalty if convicted. That ...
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He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court just declared him innocent
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death ...
'Barbaric, inequitable, unjust': Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes after just one execution
The public reaction to McCaffrey's execution contributed to the success of a movement to end the death penalty in Wisconsin ...
Editorial: Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice
North Carolina executed Freddie Owens, even after serious doubts about his guilt emerged. When we kill the conceivably ...