Do Americans support the death penalty? New poll finds a historic generational shift
Nationwide support for the death penalty has fallen to its lowest level in decades due to shifting attitudes among younger ...
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Kansas coalition push to end death penalty features Florida man’s story of wrongful conviction
Herman Lindsey speaks about his experience on death row for the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty's annual meeting ...
Trump expected to end Biden-era death penalty pause, expand to more federal inmates
President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...
Mistrial in death penalty case for killer of Sacramento cop Tara O’Sullivan after jury deadlocks
A mistrial was declared after a Sacramento jury on Friday deadlocked in its decision of the death penalty for Adel Ramos, who killed Sacramento police Officer Tara O’Sullivan in a 2019 ambush that ...
Bryan Kohberger's defense argues against death penalty, calls death row "dehumanizing"
Kohberger currently faces the death penalty if convicted; his trial in Boise is set for August 2025. BOISE, Idaho — In less ...
Opinion - What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty?
Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...
Japan rules out scrapping death penalty despite panel's call for review
The panel, established in February at the initiative of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, also said abolishing the ...
Bryan Kohberger's fight against death penalty gets day in court; expert skeptical of defense's arguments
The defense planned to call two expert witnesses at the hearing — forensic pathologist Dr. Barbara Wolf and University of Idaho law professor Aliza Cover, whose research has examined capital ...
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How disagreements about a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a legal battle between branches of government
AUSTIN, Texas — The Supreme Court of Texas is weighing whether death row inmate Robert Roberson — whose capital punishment ...
In Idaho murder case, Kohberger’s defense argues death penalty ‘ought to be abolished’
Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder along with a count of felony burglary. A defendant is eligible ...
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UN demands halt to capital punishment in Afghanistan after public execution
The execution marks the sixth known public execution since the Taliban’s return to power, reigniting international outrage over the group’s use of capital punishment and corporal punishment, which ...
Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy
In contrast, Biden has a mixed record on capital punishment. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal ...