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Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment's growing isolation in US
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMore Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and...
Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That's left an opening for Trump
Associated Press via AOL· 3 months agoAs he prepared to take office three years ago, Joe Biden's incoming administration considered a host...
Ghana parliament votes to abolish the death penalty
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoGhana's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, making the country the latest of several African nations that have moved to repeal...
Opinion: My country abolished the death penalty. So can yours
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFormer Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia offers some advice to new Singaporean President Tharman...
Viewpoint: Capital punishment in Indiana is declining. Is it even necessary at this point?
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCapital punishment in the United States has plummeted over the past two decades. Per the 2022 Death...
The pros and cons of the death penalty
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAnti-death penalty protests outside the US Supreme Court. The number of executions is rising around the world, even as many countries move towards...
Report: U.S. states carrying out death penalties in 2023 hit new 20-year low
Yahoo News via AOL· 6 months agoA new report that analyzes the application of capital punishment in America found that 2023 marked a...
Will Africa be the next continent to abolish the death penalty?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen a young independence fighter called Emmerson Mnangagwa was caught and tried in 1965 in what was...
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman’s mental health is focus of punishment phase of death penalty trial
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter acted irrationally due to mental health problems and had a...
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJust a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt...