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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 death penalty has a racist past. In SC, evidence shows that hasn't changed.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty-five men sit on South Carolina’s death row while the state enters civil litigation to...
Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 week agoRon DeSantis Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Even as support for the death penalty wanes...
Georgia executes death row inmate Willie Pye for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe state of Georgia on Wednesday executed death row inmate Willie Pye, who was convicted and...
Georgia Executes Man Despite Intellectual Disability
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Black disabled Georgia man who was convicted nearly three decades ago for murdering his ex-girlfriend, among other crimes, was executed on Wednesday...
Will a state supreme court challenge end California’s ‘racist’ record-setting death row for good?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCalifornia has more people on death row than any other state in the country — and a governor who...
15 Times Black Men Escaped Being Killed On Death Row
The Root via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoPhoto: Associated Press, KOCO News According to the National Registry of Exonerations, more than half of the 3,300 people exoneration between 1989 and...
Which states in the U.S. still have the death penalty?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a complex topic that varies by location in...
Past time to end capital punishment: Sentencing process still isn't fair, fully transparent
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs an advocate for sensible gun safety regulation, including a permanent ban on assault weapons, and...
Georgia shields execution sights and sounds from public view when carrying out lethal injection
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWillie James Pye was put to death by lethal injection in the state’s first execution in over four...