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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...
Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRon DeSantis Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Even as support for the death penalty wanes...
The pros and cons of the death penalty
The Week via Yahoo News· 9 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...
Column: Newsom halted the death penalty. The D.A. in the Davis stabbings case doesn't care
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe stabbings of three people in Davis could be tried as a death penalty case. But would the Yolo...
Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an...
Editorial: Of course the death penalty is racist. And it would be wrong even if it weren't
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoRacism taints every stage of death penalty proceedings in California, as the state Supreme Court...
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against former NC nurse charged with murders Atrium hospital
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Prosecutors are set to seek the death penalty against a former nurse at...
Missouri ‘an outlier state’ in using death penalty. Only 4 others held executions in 2023
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAccording to a Gallup poll, a majority of people now believe the death penalty is applied unfairly....
Legislature on verge of changing death penalty requirement to 8 of 12 jury votes
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida’s threshold for the death penalty could soon be the lowest in the nation, with the Florida...
Toforest Johnson shows who Alabama’s death penalty serves
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoToforest Johnson should not be on death row. I’m not the first person to think that. I doubt I’ll be...