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Pros and cons of the death penalty
Pros and cons There's been a 'clear trend' away from the death penalty in recent decades, but the US 'remains an outlier'
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South Carolina to execute prisoner by firing squad
speed read Death row inmate Brad Sigmon prefers the squad over the electric chair or lethal injection, his lawyer said
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Biden sets new clemency record, hints at more
Speed Read President Joe Biden commuted a record 1,499 sentences and pardoned 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes
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Will Biden clear out death row before leaving office?
Today's Big Question Trump could oversee a 'wave of executions' otherwise
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Missouri executes man despite DA's objection
Speed Read Marcellus Williams maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by the victim's family
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Iwao Hakamada: Japan's record-breaking death row prisoner
Under the Radar Former boxer spent 46 years condemned to execution but his retrial could clear his name
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'The death penalty, it seems, is just too embedded in America's DNA to go away'
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Why some critics are so horrified by Alabama's new execution method
The Explainer State officials have petitioned to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith with a largely untested method of killing
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Ghana abolishes the death penalty
feature It joins a growing list of African countries which are turning away from capital punishment
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Trump's plan for a 2nd term reportedly includes firing squads, hangings, and group executions
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Death penalty: U.S. carried out historically few executions in 2022, but 1 in 3 were 'botched'
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Iran executes 1st protester, is accused of poisoning students to prevent more anti-government protests
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Supreme Court green-lights 4 executions in 4 states in 24 hours
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Alabama delays execution after 5-4 Supreme Court rules it can continue
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