Why new Attorney General Pam Bondi is going all in on the federal death penalty
Elections have consequences, so the slogan goes. One of those consequences was on full display Feb. 5, in the minutes after ...
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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 ...
Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...
DOJ memo targets undocumented immigrants with death penalty, but only for capital crimes
A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...
A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist
Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...
No, a Feb. 5 DOJ memo does not authorize the death penalty solely for being an undocumented immigrant
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
Required death penalty sought in immigration plan
Undocumented immigrants convicted of first-degree murder or raping children would face mandatory death sentences, under bills ...
Florida lawmakers push for death penalty for some convicted undocumented immigrants
The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.
Sheriff calls for death penalty for Palm Coast man accused of raping 12-year-old girl
Kristopher Henriqson, 48, was charged with capital sexual battery by familial or custodial authority and other sex crimes ...
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VOICES: Answer to death penalty debate isn’t a simple “yes” or “no”
When 29-year-old Christopher Edward Debord of Germantown was convicted of robbing and killing a man, the judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Another View: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...