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Will a state supreme court challenge end California’s ‘racist’ record-setting death row for good?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCalifornia has more people on death row than any other state in the country — and a governor who...
Feds won’t seek death penalty in case against Aryan Brotherhood gang inside California prisons
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months ago“The death penalty is barbaric, often discriminatorily applied, risks executing innocent persons,...
Newsom leaves the Vatican with pope's praise for refusing to impose the death penalty
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom attends a three-day climate summit Thursday at the Vatican. (Gregorio...
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...
Death penalty: U.S. carried out historically few executions in 2022, but 1 in 3 were 'botched'
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLethal Injection chamber California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation via Getty Images Capital...
Prosecutors put men on death row. This California D.A. wants to take them off
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAfter a trip to Alabama that helped him see the connection between slavery and the death penalty,...
Goshen mass murderers deserve the death penalty, but that is wrong punishment | Opinion
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoAt first thought, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux’s call for the death penalty for the two...
Kansas death penalty faces new challenge with ACLU invoking landmark abortion decision
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThe ACLU is mounting a major new effort to overturn Kansas’ death penalty, arguing it’s racially...
Texas Led U.S. In Executions In 2023 Despite Decline In Death Penalty Use, Report Reveals
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA report highlights the continuous failures of the state's capital punishment system, which executed...
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....