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The Death Penalty Case That Went Too Far
Oklahoma was set to kill Richard Glossip, but he’s almost certainly innocent. Now the Supreme Court has ordered a new trial.
Iran: 'Death penalty as a tool of oppression'
Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights ...
Truthout7d
I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.
The Independent6d
Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says
"These executions are part of the Islamic Republic's war against its own people ... we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year”.
Richard Glossip ruling isn’t bellwether for death penalty: Legal expert
The Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that had upheld death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction.
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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
Trump's death penalty revival surfaces in Chicago gang case: 'That is textbook vindictive prosecution'
A federal jury found Donald “Lil’ Don” Lee and Torance “Blackie” Benson guilty of a racketeering conspiracy in November 2022 ...
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Advocates Against Death Penalty Hope State Lawmakers Abolish It
STATEHOUSE — A bill has been filed this legislative session that would abolish the death penalty on the state level ... He ...
Dallas Morning News13d
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Texas uses lethal injection — Pentobarbital — to carry out death sentences, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put ...