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Victims deserve justice. Why the effort to repeal the Ohio death penalty is dangerous
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLouis Tobin is executive director of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. A recent Dispatch...
Why is the death penalty still used? Let's look at the pros and cons and then the facts
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn a cold, wet November morning in 1972, Roger Bontems was marched to the guillotine for complicity...
Governor Jeff Landry says Louisiana owes it to victims, families to carry out death penalty
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGov. Jeff Landry said Louisiana owes it to victims and their families to resume executions of...
Death penalty repeal bill fails by one vote in South Dakota Senate committee
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPIERRE — A bill that would have removed the death penalty as the state’s ultimate punishment failed...
Louisiana lawmakers reject bill to abolish death penalty after emotional hearing
The News-Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLouisiana will keep the death penalty for at least another year after a House committee on Wednesday...
Man Pleads Guilty to Murdering Golf Pro Gene Siller and 2 Other Men, Avoids Death Penalty
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBryan Anthony Rhoden, 26, has received three life sentences after pleading guilty to the 2021...
I've judged, prosecuted death penalty cases. Only way to restore fairness is to repeal it
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRetired Judge James Brogan began his legal career in 1967 as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in...
'Oh thank you, God': Texas lawmakers halting Melissa Lucio's execution was the right call
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoImagine spending 16 years on death row for a crime a judge now says you may not have committed. But,...
Death row inmate Richard Glossip moves closer to execution after innocence claim rejected
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeath row inmate Richard Glossip on Thursday lost the first of two new challenges to his murder...
Columbia demonstrators join in a rally for Kevin Johnson's clemency and protest of the death penalty
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the eleventh hour, Columbia joined four other Missouri cities as it aimed to rally for Kevin...