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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...
Is ‘overrepresentation of white victim cases’ why Missouri uses death penalty so much? | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA jury hasn’t sentenced anyone in the state to death for a decade. It’s judges who send people on...
Robert Bentley, Don Siegelman write column critical of Alabama's death penalty system
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTwo former Alabama governors, from opposite sides of the political aisle, wrote in an opinion piece...
Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoA Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the...
Hundreds of prison and jail deaths go uncounted by the federal government, report finds
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Justice Department is failing to adequately and efficiently collect data about deaths in state...
‘Dead Man Walking’ Icon Sister Helen Prejean: ‘I Came Alive on Death Row’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto by Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesThere was a moment of silence as Sister Helen Prejean pondered...
I'm excited about retirement — but scared at the same time. How do I keep calm? Here are 3 big fears...
MoneyWise via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoDeath and taxes may be certain, but there’s a fear as ominous as either. Or worse, for some. Don't...
Op/Ed: Capital punishment in Indiana is declining. Is it even necessary at this point?
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCapital punishment in the United States has plummeted over the past two decades. Per the 2022 Death...
35% of US executions ‘botched’ in 2022 as use of capital punishment remains near 50-year lows,...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExecutions and death sentences in the United States remained near 50-year lows in 2022, but “an...
More Than A Third Of U.S. Executions This Year Were 'Botched,' Report Finds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than a third of executions in America this year were “botched,” according to a shocking new...