Capital Punishment

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February 11, 2014
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday he was suspending the use of thedeath penalty in Washington state,…
October 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - And while a majority, 60 percent, still favor capital punishment, over the last twenty years there has…
October 18, 2013
theGRIO REVIEW - Troy Davis became a symbol for supporters working to abolish America's death penalty, and 'I Am Troy…
October 9, 2013
NBC NEWS - Just two percent of counties in the United States are responsible for more than half of the…
May 7, 2013
OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP is stepping up its fight to end the death penalty in the state of Maryland…
December 15, 2011
MSNBC - The number of death sentences imposed in the U.S. has taken an 'historic drop'...
November 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve of the last 13 new death sentences obtained by the Texas Harris County District Attorney's Office…
October 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm…
October 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - 'Many have spoken of Troy Davis as a symbol. He wasn't a symbol. He was the soul…
October 1, 2011
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Friends and supporters of Troy Davis, the convicted murderer who was executed in Georgia last week…
September 23, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - With Davis gone, however, the loose coalition of groups who pushed for his freedom may simply crumble...
September 22, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Minutes before he was put to death, Troy Davis asked his supporters to "continue to fight this…
September 22, 2011
Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on capital punishment on Thursday, saying courts need to slow down appeals processes to…
September 22, 2011
theGrio REPORT - National Action Network president and television host Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on the U.S. Justice Department…