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Here's what it's really like in the final hours of being on death row— and the last words of those who were executed
According to records, the average age death row inmates are sentenced to die is 27. As of August 2024, a total of 1,413 ...
Opinion: Kevin Burns should be out of Tennessee death row. Our new book tells his story
In this opinion essay, Pastor Kevin Riggs shares how he met death row inmate Kevin Burns and why they wrote a book together ...
Trump calls for death penalty for migrants who kill Americans
AURORA, Colorado, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, ...
Voices: Sir Richard Branson: When it comes to the death penalty, there’s only one question that matters
COMMENT: Executions are barbaric, often wrongly applied – and don’t even serve as a deterrent to crime, writes . So we all ...
Dem lawmaker reintroduces death row appeals bill allowing for introduction of newly discovered evidence
Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson reintroduced for a third time a death row appeals bill that would allow inmates to introduce newly ...
How the death penalty could be fairly reintroduced (and why it should not be)
Presently, murder is treated like any other crime, for which the burden of proof is not absolute proof but instead beyond a ...
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At 85, Sister Helen Prejean vows to keep fighting the death penalty. 'I believe it's unjust'
There are 21 states in the U.S. that employ the death penalty. In the view of New Orleanian Sister Helen Prejean, that’s 21 ...
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History of the Death Penalty
Boiling to death was another penalty approved in 1531, and there are records to show some people boiled for up to two hours before death took them. When a woman was burned, the executioner tied a ...
The Next Stage in the Effort to End the Death Penalty
The death penalty is not going to be abolished in the courts. When the end of capital punishment comes—and sooner or later, ...
The ACLU of South Carolina is Suing To Publish Interviews With a Death Row Inmate
A federal appeals court will soon decide if there is a First Amendment right to interview people in prison in the case of a ...
NC organization completes 136-mile walk in opposition of death penalty
A North Carolina organization walked 136 miles across the state as they called for Gov. Roy Cooper to commute death sentences ...
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UNODC Should Stand Against the Use of the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses
The UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy Guidance Note would be a useful tool in this context. It mandates a risk assessment ...