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July 13, 2020
A U.S. district judge ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to…
March 7, 2020
We’re 20 years into the 21st century, and we still have to deal with the continued existence of the McRib,
March 5, 2020
Nathaniel Woods was executed on Thursday night just hours after the Supreme Court had initially granted a temporary stay, but
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December 24, 2019
Brie Larson and Karan Kendrick discuss their roles in the unmissable film 'Just Mercy' starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie…
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December 17, 2019
Statistics show the death penalty fading in particular regions so much so that fewer than 30 executions have taken place…
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October 25, 2019
Tennessee is one of six states where inmates can choose the chair, but it's the only state where they're actually…
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April 23, 2019
Rapper YNW Melly may get the death penalty for the murder cover-up of two friends that he allegedly pretended were killed by someone…
November 12, 2018
Texas' attorney general is pushing to keep an inmate on death row despite prosecutors and defense lawyers agreeing that the…
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October 12, 2018
Washington State’s Supreme Court banned the death penalty ruling it unconstitutional because of it's ties to racial bias.
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March 20, 2018
When Donald Trump told a New Hampshire crowd that he wants to see drug dealers get the death penalty, many…
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March 20, 2018
Top stories for March 20, 2018 include Trump proposing the death penalty for drug dealers, a woman was killed by…
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March 19, 2018
President Trump believes that executing drug dealers will somehow solve the opiate crisis, so he has proposed imposing the death…
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March 16, 2018
[griojw id=”gNIYJXLR” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Donald Trump campaigned heavily on a promise to deal with America’s devastating opioid crisis, and now, he’s
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February 16, 2018
Republican Sen. Maureen Walsh, ushers in a bill that would abolish the death penalty which is heading to the House…
August 22, 2017
Attorneys for a Missouri inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent…
March 28, 2017
Remember the name Aramis Ayala. She is a black woman and a Florida prosecutor who is taking a stand against
January 10, 2017
An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for killing nine black church members during Bible study.
August 2, 2016
The 16-year-old son of Antonio and Dawn Armstrong who has been charged with murdering his father and mother allegedly tried to
August 2, 2016
Police say 19-year-old Allen Ivanov, shot and killed three people at a house party over the weekend because was jealous over losing his
August 2, 2016
Dylann Roof, who killed nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, is facing the federal death penalty.  But CNN reports