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Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That's left an opening for Trump
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAs he prepared to take office three years ago, Joe Biden's incoming administration considered a host...
The Supreme Court Just Made It More Likely Innocent People Will Be Executed
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s already difficult to challenge a sentence or conviction in federal court — and the Supreme...
Death penalty: U.S. carried out historically few executions in 2022, but 1 in 3 were 'botched'
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLethal Injection chamber California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation via Getty Images Capital...
Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an...
From ‘Drug War Joe’ to ‘Dank Brandon’: A Timeline of Biden and Weed
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThough “Dank Brandon” memes be be proliferating on your timeline, don’t forget that President Biden...
Alabama death row inmate Casey McWhorter seeks delay of pending execution
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAttorneys for an Alabama death row inmate scheduled to face execution a week from Thursday have...
He was on death row for 29 years. His case pingponged through the courts. Now, he's free
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn Arizona death row inmate walked free on Thursday after serving 29 years for the death of a child, after his guilty convictions and death sentence were thrown out. Barry Jones, now 64, was ...
Final appeals pending, Thomas Creech set for Idaho’s first execution in almost 12 years
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe debate over the death penalty has come to Idaho for the first time in almost a dozen years....
Kim Kardashian takes on the case of Kevin Keith case in new podcast 'The System'
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKim Kardashian launched a podcast, The System, to focus on wrongful convictions and picked a...
Marijuana Reform Is A Political Slam Dunk That Congress Couldn’t Handle
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Joe Biden’s stunning announcement Thursday that he would pardon marijuana offenders and...