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On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border Patrol Agent David Maland's fatal shooting.

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The president said he would seek capital punishment sentences for "all crimes of a severity demanding its use”. Con: not a deterrent "Study after study shows that the death penalty does not ...

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes. Our Founders knew well that only capital punishment can bring ...

Why the era of capital punishment is ending. By David Von Drehle . The case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev absorbed Americans as no death-penalty drama has in years.

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty for the first time since 2018 in the case ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

Capital punishment is the most harmful punishment available, so the state should only use it if no less harmful punishment is suitable; Other punishments will always enable the state to fulfil its ...