Death Penalty

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October 14, 2011
Sixty-one percent of Americans approve of using the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, down from 64 percent last…
October 6, 2011
NEWS ONE - After a long day of emotional goodbyes, Troy Davis knelt in his prison cell and began to…
October 4, 2011
Charles Stinney, speaks about his brother who at 14, was the youngest person executed in the 20th century.
October 4, 2011
SLIDESHOW - George Stinney's life ended at the age of 14. The young boy was convicted of killing two white…
October 3, 2011
OPINION - For 20 years Troy Davis said they had the wrong man...
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 29, 2011
A black maid who was executed in 1945 for killing the white man she claimed had held her in slavery…
September 28, 2011
Reports claim the police offered George Junius Stinney ice cream if he confessed - leading to him being the youngest…
September 27, 2011
ALCOLU, SC -- On June 16th, 1944, the United States put to rest the youngest person ever to be subjected…
September 27, 2011
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Davis' execution outraged hundreds of thousands of people who said they feared an innocent man was…
September 26, 2011
HUFFINGTON POST - A group of six former wardens and correctional officials pleading for clemency and suggesting that prison staffers…
September 23, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - With Davis gone, however, the loose coalition of groups who pushed for his freedom may simply crumble...
September 23, 2011
OPINION - In staking out a middle ground, Obama has protected himself from the fate visited upon former Massachusetts Governor…
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
ATLANTA (AP) - Davis remained defiant even after he was strapped to a gurney Wednesday night in the state's death…
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
ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday he hopes Davis'…
September 22, 2011
theGrio REPORT - National Action Network president and television host Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on the U.S. Justice Department…
September 22, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court gave no explanation for its highly unusual, four-hour delay in acting on a last-minute stay of…