Attorneys ask Indiana Supreme Court to block impending execution of quadruple murderer Joseph Corcoran
INDIANAPOLIS — Attorneys for quadruple murderer Joseph Corcoran filed a motion on Friday to ask the Indiana Supreme Court to block his execution, which is currently scheduled for Dec. 18. One of ...
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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 ...
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Could people facing the death penalty lose the right to tell juries their life stories?
The Marshall Project reports on the evolving perception and status of the right for death penalty defendants to present ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Support for death penalty falls to lowest level in decades: Gallup
The last time support hovered around 50 percent was in 1972, the year the Supreme Court banned the death penalty. The court ...
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Biden Must Use Final Months in Office to Commute Federal Death Sentences
In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can ...
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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 ...
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Public Execution of Iran's Most Notorious Serial Rapist Sparks International Outcry
His public execution in Hamedan highlights Iran's continued use of capital punishment for serious crimes. Authorities confirmed Salamat, aged 43, faced accusations from 200 women, making it the ...
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How disagreements about a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a legal battle between branches of government
The Supreme Court of Texas is weighing whether death row inmate Robert Roberson — whose capital punishment was temporarily ...
Jury says it’s split over death penalty for Sacramento cop’s killer. What happens next?
The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...