Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too
Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...
Legislation to prohibit death penalty popular at legislature hearing
Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...
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Opinion: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...
Prosecutors seek death penalty for Eastern Kentucky woman accused of killing her baby
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a Kentucky mother accused of killing her 3-month-old baby. Brenna Burkhart, 24, ...
Death row inmate opts not to appeal to SC governor for mercy
Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber ...
State weighing death penalty for suspected murderer of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger
Fans gather in Hialeah after the October death of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carvajal ...
Trump wants mandatory death penalty trials. NC tried that and it failed | Opinion
North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...
Nebraska lawmakers hear testimony on two death penalty bills
State Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha has a bill which would abolish the death penalty in Nebraska and replace it with life in ...
SC death row inmate executed for 2001 Dorchester County murder
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County ...
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump ...
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...