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Pennsylvania governor won’t sign execution warrants, calls for death penalty to be abolished
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced on Thursday that he will not sign any execution...
Cori Bush calls for death penalty to be abolished after Missouri executes Brian Dorsey
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) called for the death penalty to be abolished Tuesday after Missouri executed...
Report: U.S. states carrying out death penalties in 2023 hit new 20-year low
Yahoo News via AOL· 7 months agoA new report that analyzes the application of capital punishment in America found that 2023 marked a...
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJust a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt...
Torres: DeSantis misses mark on new death penalty laws | Opinion
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI once witnessed the state of Florida execute a child rapist. I was not sad about it despite my...
‘It should always be an option’: MO lawmakers stand by death penalty ahead of execution
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoTwo Missouri lawmakers — one Republican, one Democrat — last December introduced bills to repeal the...
Injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad: How does Florida execute people?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAlabama officials executed a convicted killer Jan. 25, becoming the first state to use nitrogen...
Final appeals pending, Thomas Creech set for Idaho’s first execution in almost 12 years
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe debate over the death penalty has come to Idaho for the first time in almost a dozen years....
Shapiro announces shift on death penalty, won't sign execution orders
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. Josh Shapiro vowed Thursday not to sign any execution orders over the next four years,...
Ohio House holds first hearing for new nitrogen gas death penalty method
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHouse lawmakers have begun hearings on a controversial new execution method known as nitrogen...