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A Black teen was wrongfully executed for murdering a White woman in 1931. Now, his family is suing...
CNN.com· 3 days agoFor 85 years Susie Williams Carter believed her brother was guilty of the crime he’d been convicted...
Idaho buys another round of lethal injection drugs. Could next execution happen soon? - East Idaho...
EastIdahoNews.com· 2 hours agoIdaho’s prison system appears to be advancing toward another lethal injection attempt following...
Deadliest year in a decade for executions worldwide; U.S. among top 5 countries
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoSix states performed executions in 2022 and seven in 2021, when there were 11 executions nationwide, according to an executions database from the Death Penalty< ...
What to Watch in South Africa’s Election
Foreign Policy Magazine· 9 hours agoIf you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here. The May 29 election in South Africa could be historic. For...
Zimbabwe on right side of history as it prepares to abolish the death penalty
Amnesty International· 7 hours agoThe death penalty is a cruel, inhumane, and degrading form of punishment which violates the right to...
Republicans are pushing to expand the death penalty
Salon.com· 4 days agoDeath penalty states want the Supreme Court to throw out its precedents and allow the execution of child rapists
Murdered Kansas womens' bodies found in pasture tied to accused grandma
CBS News· 6 days agoThe bodies of two murdered women who earlier this year disappeared in rural Oklahoma were eventually...
"The American Dream is dying": Democrats' main selling point "is not a winning message"
Salon.com· 6 days agoDonald Trump is an existential threat to the country. The 2024 election is existential for President...
Wrongly convicted man survived 23 years on death row knowing he was innocent
UNILAD· 5 days agoSherwood Brown spent 23 years of his life on Mississippi death row for crimes he did not commit. How...
Editorial Roundup: New England
US News & World Report· 6 days agoAccording to provisional national data released Wednesday, the number of fatal overdoses in Maine dropped by 16% last year. It was the first annual reduction in fatalities ...