SC Ready to Allow Inmate Executions by Firing Squad
South Carolina is prepared to perform executions by firing squad, the state's Department of Corrections announced. The state spent...
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Mar 16, 20221 min read
Plea Negotiations For 9/11 Mastermind Mohammed Begin
Military prosecutors have begun plea negotiations at Guantanamo Bay with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants accused of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Executions in Turmoil Over Shortage of Drugs, Controversial 'Cocktails'
The status of executions in the U.S. has been in turmoil for more than a decade, since pharmaceutical companies began halting their...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20221 min read
More State Republicans Oppose Death Penalty; Ohio Abolition Seen
Ohio state Rep. Jean Schmidt, a former advocate of the death penalty, now is trying to end executions in her state. “I’m a true...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Oklahoma's Third Execution Since Six-Year Hiatus Goes Smoothly
Convicted murderer Gilbert Ray Postelle was declared dead Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, in the third execution after the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 2, 20221 min read
U.S. Traffic Deaths Rise At Record Pace During Pandemic
An estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through September 2021, an increase of about twelve...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20221 min read
CA Will Dismantle Death Row, Moving Inmates To Other Prisons
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago put a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the nation's’ largest death...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Alabama, Oklahoma Execute Inmates After Appeals Fail
Alabama and Oklahoma executed inmates Thursday after the Supreme Court cleared the way, the Associated Press reports. Matthew Reeves...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Florida Prisons Want More Secrecy Around Executions
Florida prison officials are asking legislators to enact more layers of secrecy around the state’s method of executing death row inmates,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 11, 20221 min read
OK Death Row Inmates Seek Execution By Firing Squad
Two Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions offered a firing squad option as a less problematic alternative to the state's...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Justices To Decide On Review Of Unique GA Death-Penalty Law
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case challenging a Georgia law that places an extraordinary burden on capital...
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