Alaska Hawaii Governor-imposed moratorium Has death penalty No death penalty Wash.
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Death penalty: Harris has called for a national moratorium on the death penalty.
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She's a former death penalty defense lawyer at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation in North Carolina.
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It is the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, not the Federal Death Penalty Research Counsel Project.
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However, people who oppose the death penalty outright cannot sit as jurors in a death penalty trial.
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Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said pursuing a second death penalty after one has been handed out stokes criticism that politics plays a role in death penalty prosecutions.
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Here's how Cruz's death penalty trial would unfold: A death penalty trial could take years Death penalty trials involve an extensive process that painstakingly combs through graphic details of the shooting in court.
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It is one of 30 states that has the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Death penalty As the criminal justice reform movement inched along nationwide, states began to grapple with death penalty.
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Prosecutors to seek death penalty Prosecutors announced in court filings Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty.
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It's a crime that has caused anguish in this state, both among death penalty opponents and death penalty supporters.
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On the death penalty: Hickenlooper spoke out against the death penalty and said he would not carry it out.
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Four of the killers, including Manson, got the death penalty, but the following year California abolished the death penalty.
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Executions, new death sentences and public support for the death penalty remain low, the Death Penalty Information Center said.
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It's not about opposition to the death penalty; it's about carrying out the death penalty in the best way possible.
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"This has got nothing to do with whether you're for the death penalty or against the death penalty," he said.
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"I oppose the death penalty, but in situations like this, it's difficult to oppose the death penalty," Ms. James said.
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The bipartisan Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission issued a study of the death penalty in the state on April 25.
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Read the order: Go deeper: Trump administration to bring back federal death penalty after 16-year lapse Barr plans death penalty fast-track for mass shooters and police killers Where the death penalty survives around the world
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Twenty states have outlawed the death penalty, four states in which the death penalty is legal are currently under statewide capital punishment moratoriums and several states in which the death penalty is legal haven't executed anyone in years.
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"The death penalty is not reformative, it's revenge killing by the state ... the death penalty is not a deterrent," Opiyo said.
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Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Alabama judges have overridden jury verdicts in death penalty cases 107 times.
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Death penalty supporters countered with a study from a state legislative analyst that found the death penalty has no such impact.
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Death penalty feud Also on Monday, the justices shed more light on their deep divide over the application of the death penalty.
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"When people do this they should get the death penalty … they should very much bring the death penalty into vogue," he said.
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Death penalty possible Warren said he would consider aggravating and mitigating factors in deciding whether to seek the death penalty against Donaldson.
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The referendum asked voters whether to uphold the ban on the death penalty or to repeal the law banning the death penalty.
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"The trend points toward a world ridding itself of the death penalty," said Oluwatosin Popoola, Amnesty International's adviser on the death penalty.
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"We're looking at whether or not we might apply the death penalty or seek the death penalty in this case," Davidson said.
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Death penalty opponents are gathering signatures to place a measure on the November ballot that would outlaw the death penalty in the state.
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A vote to "retain" is a vote against the death penalty; a vote to "repeal" is a vote for the death penalty. Gov.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has imposed a moratorium on the death penalty, but prosecutors across the state continue to try death penalty cases.
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During death penalty trials, the defense focuses on proving mitigating circumstances to convince a jury not to impose the death penalty, Hornsby said.
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"Those who oppose the death penalty are free to try to persuade legislatures to abolish the death penalty," he told the prisoners' lawyer.
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Perhaps most distressingly, Trump's Twitter call for the death penalty in Saipov's case may backfire, preventing the death penalty from ever being imposed.
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"All major death penalty scholars in China say that death penalty decision-making has improved greatly since 2007," Professor Trevaskes said by email.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor has also expressed great concerns about the courts' handling of death penalty cases, as well as some states' death penalty laws.
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In order for her to be extradited, the death penalty has been taken off the table as Mexico is opposed to the death penalty.
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The death penalty continues to suffer from the same maladies that have caused declines in both executions and the seeking of the death penalty.
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She refused to pursue the death penalty against a man who killed a police officer, but also defended California's death penalty system in court.
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She refused to pursue the death penalty against a man who killed a police officer, but also defended California's death penalty system in court.
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But barring the death penalty for juveniles begged another question: If the death penalty for minors was unconstitutional, was life without parole much better?
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In their filing, Roof's lawyers did not address his alleged crimes and instead focused on the constitutional authority of the federal government to impose the death penalty, as prescribed under its Federal Death Penalty Act, and of the constitutionality of the death penalty more broadly.
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Clemency has been granted in 288 cases since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976 with the bulk coming from states that eventually repealed the death penalty, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors U.S. capital punishment.
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Read more: Death penalty states are looking for new ways to execute people Death penalty abolition is also an issue that's increasingly gained bipartisan support.
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Letting inmates escape the death penalty just because their execution method may entail a risk of severe pain "would effectively outlaw the death penalty altogether".
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Half the states have some kind of death penalty, 21 do not and four have governor-induced moratoriums, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Murphy death penalty case Observers are also awaiting a ruling in a death penalty case that could have implications for Native American territory in Oklahoma.
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But death penalty experts said it was only a matter of time before the issue of nonunanimous death penalty verdicts cropped up before the court.
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" What Schubert troublingly fails to grasp, despite touting her background having prosecuted death penalty cases, is that each and every death penalty case is "extraordinary.
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But support for the death penalty is dwindling across the United States, and there is little concrete evidence that the death penalty deters violent crime.
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"The kinds of drug dealer who might be subject to the death penalty are already subject to the death penalty from each other," he said.
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While he did not mention the death penalty specifically, Axios reported recently that Trump has privately been calling for the death penalty for drug traffickers.
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If convicted, Robert Dear could face the death penalty or life imprisonment, though federal prosecutors say they haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty.
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Prior to New Hampshire's repeal, 30 states as well as the federal government and military had a death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Here's how we got to this point: Opposition to the death penalty is rising ... In 28, Gallup found that 80% of Americans supported the death penalty.
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The landmark 1972 Furman decision declared all death penalty legislation unconstitutional, which wiped the slate clean until the court upheld revised death penalty laws in 1976.
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By donating 100% of the bath bomb's profits to organizations like Witness to Innocence, Death Penalty Focus, and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
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Local government spends millions on just a single death penalty trial, and states spend hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, on keeping the death penalty.
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The United States has executed more than 1,450 people since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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The law, which dates back to the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, allows for the state to curb federal appeals in death penalty cases.
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Human rights and anti-death penalty groups are vowing to challenge the Justice Department's decision to resume the federal death penalty after a 28503-year hiatus.
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ELSEWHERE ➔ Death penalty: New Hampshire on Thursday repealed the death penalty, which it has not used in 2628 years, with the legislature's override of Republican Gov.
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According to the Death Penalty Information Center, there have been 1,460 executions since 1976, when the Supreme Court effectively lifted a moratorium on the death penalty.
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After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida's death penalty law in January 2016, no longer allowing judges to override nonunanimous juries in death penalty trials.
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A Death Penalty Information Center analysis of US murder data from 1987 through 2015 found no evidence that the death penalty deters murder or protects police.
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The national nonprofit providing information on death penalty issues doesn't take a position on the death penalty, but has been critical about how it's been administered.
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Legal basis for challenging federal death penalty "The facts of this case are indisputably grave," Roof's defense team stated in its motion to strike the death penalty.
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Clinton's stance — that the death penalty should be allowed even if it's sometimes been used on innocent people — is not uncommon among supporters of the death penalty.
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Because we cannot ensure we get death penalty cases right every time, Biden will work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level.
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As explained in "Proposition 28503, The 'Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 22019,' is Fool's Gold for Californians" qualified death penalty lawyers don't grow on trees.
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"State senators who voted to repeal the death penalty have ignored the 64 percent majority of Nebraskans who overwhelmingly support the death penalty," the fundraising letter said.
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"Since the state is seeking the death penalty, any juror who is opposed to the death penalty will automatically be stricken, meaning the selected jury panel will already be predisposed to consider the death penalty as a viable sentencing option before the first witness is called," he said.
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"Since the state is seeking the death penalty, any juror who is opposed to the death penalty will automatically be stricken, meaning the selected jury panel will already be predisposed to consider the death penalty as a viable sentencing option before the first witness is called," he says.
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Facing the death penalty Roof is also set to be tried on state murder charges, and prosecutors have said they'll also seek the death penalty in that case.
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"Part of [the reason] involves my relationship with Debbie and her commitment to being anti-death penalty and her being active in anti-death penalty programs," he explained.
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"The secretary-general opposes the death penalty on principle and is against the death penalty ruling that was handed down in this case," spokesman Farhan Haq told CNN.
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The capital murder charge against Tellis opens the door for a death penalty case, but Champion said Wednesday the prosecution is not planning to seek the death penalty.
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Moody is the oldest person put to death since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to figures compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Death penalty Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's stance on the death penalty, saying it's never admissible and the church will work to end it around the world.
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India does impose the death penalty but has only carried out three executions since 2007, according to a recent report by Amnesty International on the global death penalty.
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A 2004 ruling decided that the death penalty violated New York State's Constitution; Ms. James said she would not support bringing back the death penalty to New York.
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The death penalty is on the decline Capital punishment across the US remained near "historic lows" last year, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Trump tweeted "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY" for a New York terrorist suspect in November, one of more than a dozen tweets calling for the death penalty since 2012.
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Since 2004, 22 states have abolished the death penalty through either legislative or court action, according to the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks the issue.
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The schedule, death penalty researchers and historians said, was unequaled in the modern history of capital punishment in the United States, which reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
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Another unfortunate reality is that the federal death penalty is marred by the same problems of racial bias and geographical disparity found in the state death penalty systems.
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Double jeopardy and death penalty Tuesday, justices will hear a case involving the death penalty that will be closely watched to see how divided the eight justices are.
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After Trump's comments in March 2018 endorsing the death penalty for drug pushers, Quinnipiac asked about the death penalty in a poll and found 58% of Americans support the death penalty for people convicted of murder but another majority, 51%, said they would prefer a sentence of life without parole.
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Here is how the United States got to this point: Opposition to the death penalty is rising ... In 1994, Gallup found that 80% of Americans supported the death penalty.
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"You are looking at a death penalty that is not nationally imposed," Robert Dunham, executive director of the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center, said in a telephone interview.
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Here is how the United States got to this point: Opposition to the death penalty is rising ... In 287, Gallup found that 21995% of Americans supported the death penalty.
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Just a single military lawyer without death penalty expertise remains on the team, and death penalty cases can't move forward unless defendants have counsel with significant capital punishment experience.
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She refused to pursue the death penalty against a man who killed a police officer (and personally opposes the penalty), but also defended California's death penalty system in court.
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The state's death penalty process is under scrutiny after the high court ruled in January that a similar death penalty law in Florida gave too much discretion to judges.
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California has executed 85033 people since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, an organization that advocates against capital punishment.
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It is less used, less popular and just as unnecessary as ever, according to a year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks death penalty numbers.
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More than a hundred countries (that is, most of them) worldwide have abolished the death penalty; some others have death penalty laws on the books, but don't utilize them.
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Marion Wilson Jr. is the 1,500th person to be executed in the United States since the return of the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Robert Dunham at the Death Penalty Information Centre, a non-profit organisation, does not interpret the success of pro-death penalty propositions as a sign that attitudes are hardening again.
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Although the death penalty in Nebraska was reinstated after it was momentarily abolished in 2015, Maly believes within three decades the death penalty in the US will be no more.
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Another potential black juror was struck for the stated reason that his church opposed the death penalty, although the prosecution's notes showed the church did not oppose the death penalty.
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Death penalty Once banned, then brought back, the death penalty now exists in a piecemeal fashion with executions a reality or a thing of the past, depending on the state.
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She's drawn a hard line on the death penalty Ayala made headlines in June when she announced she would not seek the death penalty in any cases in her district.
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In order for her to be extradited, the death penalty has been taken off the table as Mexico is opposed to the death penalty, officials said at the press conference.
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This book is not really about why we should end the death penalty but rather about why the end of the death penalty will improve the broader criminal justice system.
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Simmons (2005) Banned the death penalty for juveniles The death penalty case concerned Christopher Simmons, who committed capital murder when he was 17 years old and was sentenced to death.
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The use of the death penalty has been on the decline in the US in recent years, according to a trove of data maintained by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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The Oregon Justice Resource Center (OJRC), an anti-death penalty organization, in 2016 found that the death penalty cost twice as much as those for life sentences in the state.
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Fiji, Madagascar, Republic of Congo, and Suriname all scrapped the death penalty entirely in 2015, and Mongolia's government also passed legislation to abolish the death penalty, effective later this year.
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Utah is the only American state that has executed someone by firing squad since the resumption of the death penalty, said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.
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And it calls for legislation that would end the death penalty on the federal level -- a reversal from his support for the death penalty during his six terms in the Senate.
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Van Hook's execution would bring to 56 the number of executions in Ohio since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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A majority of the 32 states with the death penalty have imposed secrecy around their drug sources, saying that suppliers would face severe reprisals or even violence from death penalty opponents.
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From my experiences and beliefs, that are shared by my fellow Commissioners of the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), the death penalty is not the solution to end criminality.
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The United Nations and Amnesty International have urged the government not to reintroduce the death penalty by hanging, citing concerns whether some inmates facing the death penalty had had fair trials.
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So far this year, the death penalty has been implemented 20 times, and no more executions are scheduled before the end of the year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Nor is this a story about the death penalty, per se—even though death penalty supporters would be hard-pressed to argue that Williams didn't commit his crimes under mitigating circumstances.
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Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes the death penalty, called the potential use of nitrogen in capital cases "an experimentation" that would likely cause suffering.
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But death penalty opponents wondered a decade later where that principle had gone when as California's attorney general Ms. Harris appealed a judge's decision declaring the state's death penalty law unconstitutional.
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Wilson was the 1,500th inmate executed since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, four years after declaring existing death penalty statutes unconstitutional, the Death Penalty Information Center said.
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Executions, new death sentences and public support for the death penalty in the United States remained at their lowest levels in decades this year as half of the country has abolished the death penalty or imposed a moratorium on executions, according to the annual report of a death penalty research group released on Tuesday.
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Among the law's many provisions was the Federal Death Penalty Act, which expanded federal law to make 60 crimes, including drug crimes that do not involve homicide, eligible for the death penalty.
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"California has a history of driving the car in both directions at the same time," said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which documents U.S. death penalty cases.
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Because the federal death penalty didn't exist for much of the 1970s and '80s, there have been far fewer federal death penalty cases tried in recent decades than at the state level.
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Here's what that means for Robert Mueller "Any new death penalty case would be able to raise a legal challenge, because you need AG approval to pursue the death penalty," Roiphe said.
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The minority leader also backed a measure that would repeal the death penalty in California, another position at odds with some of her party, including Hillary Clinton, who supports the death penalty.
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For the death penalty to be sought, the State Attorney&aposs Office would have to convene a death penalty review committee, Samantha Syoen, communications director for the State Attorney&aposs Office, said.
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Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 1,452 people have been executed in the United States -- all but 175 by lethal injection, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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The Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission recommended the continuation of a moratorium on the death penalty "until significant reforms are accomplished," Brad Henry, commission co-chairman and former Oklahoma governor, said Tuesday.
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The Pew survey found that while support for the death penalty has dropped among all Americans, the sharpest decline has happened among Democrats — and 56 percent of Democrats oppose the death penalty.
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Scott had signed the state's fix to the state's fix — mandating unanimous jury decisions for death penalty sentences — just two days before Ayala announced she would not be pursuing the death penalty.
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Critics say greater use of the death penalty could tie up resources at U.S. Attorneys offices, because death penalty cases are more complex and take longer to move through the court system.
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All of this dovetails with changing public perceptions about capital punishment, said Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which provides analysis on issues concerning the death penalty.
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To the Editor: Re "Democratic Candidates Rethink the Death Penalty, and Its Politics" (news article, April 9): Our political parties should not be overly swayed by public opinion on the death penalty.
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But if Delaware's legislature does not act, New Hampshire will become the only state in the northeastern part of the country that still allows the death penalty: According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 2015 had the lowest number of death sentences since the death penalty was reinstituted in 1973 — continuing an overall drop since 1996.
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Although the Obama administration has said it would not seek the death penalty for Snowden, there are few, if any, barriers stopping the Trump administration from seeking death-penalty-eligible charges against him.
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"They (Pfizer) have caved in to pressure from the anti-death penalty side," said Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a victims' rights organization that supports the death penalty.
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Scott has taken 27 of death penalty cases away from Orlando prosecutor Aramis Ayala after she said in March that she would not pursue the death penalty in any cases during her term.
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He appealed and, after a retrial, got the death penalty.
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The court could even decide to end the death penalty.
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If convicted, Williams and Shannon could face the death penalty.
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I think there should be like death penalty or something.
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On Tuesday, they decided Dylann Roof deserves the death penalty.
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He was given the death penalty for the murder convictions.
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Johnny Depp is taking a stand against the death penalty.
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Many other rich nations have stopped using the death penalty.
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The death penalty and immigration are also on the docket.
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Erdogan has openly said Turkey may reinstate the death penalty.
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I think there should be like death penalty or something.
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In August, Roof's attorneys had challenged the federal death penalty.
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Death penalty opponents were quick to criticize the planned executions.
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Given the allegations involved, Alan could face the death penalty.
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Why then is support for the death penalty increasing again?
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TRACKING the use of the death penalty is not easy.
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The death penalty in Bangladesh is carried out by hanging.
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He also sometimes cast liberal votes on the death penalty.
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His crime bill expanded the death penalty for drug kingpins.
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President Obama has not called for abolishing the death penalty.
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Officials said prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him.
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For these killings, California prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
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Go deeper: Trump: U.S. needs to stiffen death penalty laws
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Golsby could face the death penalty, according to the filing.
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The benefits of the death penalty are also simply questionable.
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The death penalty is the ultimate cruel and inhuman punishment.
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His lawyer says he confessed to avoid the death penalty.
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Prosecutors wanted to seek the death penalty for Kenneth Ancrum.
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Ayala never commented on the death penalty during her campaign.
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Go deeper: Where the death penalty survives around the world
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She recently voted to do away with the death penalty.
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A Georgia prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for Murray.
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Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Cruz, 19.
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The ruling was hailed a victory by death penalty critics.
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President, we all know he should get the death penalty.
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To be clear, the suspects could face the death penalty?
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Under state law, Davison's death penalty will be automatically appealed.
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She also hasn't pursued the death penalty in other cases.
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He received a life sentence rather than the death penalty.
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Life sentencing is the best alternative to the death penalty.
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Being gay in Saudi Arabia ispunishable with the death penalty.
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The death penalty fails to meet any of those measurements.
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Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty.
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They also said she reassured them on the death penalty.
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The Supreme Court is closely divided over the death penalty.
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He believes Proposition 2900, death penalty reform, is deeply flawed.
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The government announces the death penalty and we accept it.
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When I am president, we will abolish the death penalty.
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Instead, the state was determined to seek the death penalty.
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Few defendants in death penalty trials can afford a lawyer.
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But they also raise deeper issues with the death penalty.
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Prosecutors have indicated that they will seek the death penalty.
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The death penalty is too final & too prone to error.
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You kill a cop, and it's called the death penalty.
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"The death penalty is a great bargaining tool," she said.
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SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!' the President tweeted late Wednesday night.
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The death penalty had been recommended by the state prosecution.
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I used to be in favor of the death penalty.
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If under 12 years, you will be given death penalty.
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Prosecutors have announced their intention to seek the death penalty.
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He could face the death penalty when he is sentenced.
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But the death penalty is still on the statute book.
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Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, has opposed the death penalty for decades.
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Pete Ricketts is a staunch supporter of the death penalty.
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The suspect in the shooting is facing the death penalty.
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Federal authorities said they intended to pursue the death penalty.
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A Florida prosecutor said he would seek the death penalty.
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Served as assistant secretary of Nebraskans for the Death Penalty.
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Colorado became the 22nd state to repeal the death penalty.
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There are numerous pragmatic reasons to abolish the death penalty.
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Mr. Montgomery's charges carry the death penalty, Mr. Smith said.
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President Donald Trump has also called for the death penalty.
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He also said the gunman should get the death penalty.
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However, he had no compunction about invoking the death penalty.
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Alaska Hawaii States with no death penalty New Hampshire Wash.
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Gavin Newsom has put a moratorium on the death penalty.
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Whereas murderers have done something to merit the death penalty.
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Decisions by prosecutors to seek the death penalty varied widely.
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If convicted Mohammed is likely to receive the death penalty.
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There are many pragmatic reasons for abolishing the death penalty.
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Nebraskans voted overwhelmingly in 2016 to reinstate the death penalty.
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The death penalty in the United States is in decline.
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"In California the death penalty is dead," Rubin tells PEOPLE.
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He faces federal murder charges and possibly the death penalty.
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Prosecutors sought the death penalty in five of six trials.
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By taking the plea deal, Winn avoided the death penalty.
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Supporters of the death penalty expressed frustration over the issue.
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That was unsurprising and necessary, death penalty defense lawyers said.
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He could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
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If found guilty, the women could face the death penalty.
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"He cannot avoid death penalty on these grounds," Maneshinde said.
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As for deterrence, the death penalty speaks loudly and clearly.
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The execution comes amid scrutiny over Alabama's death penalty process.
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The kingdom's attorney general sought the death penalty for him.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of them.
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The charges against him, including sedition, carry the death penalty.
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This is not just a dispute over the death penalty.
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"I'm somebody who still embraces the death penalty," McConnell said.
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The death penalty is still legal in much of America.
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Clinton was asked if she still supports the death penalty.
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VICE: Let's start broad: Why has the death penalty declined?
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A judicial official said some could face the death penalty.
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In Japan, the death penalty is carried out by hanging.
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Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in his case.
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Four years later the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in Gregg v Georgia by a 7-2 majority, finding that states had mended their death-penalty laws to address the concerns in Furman.
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Instead, it was the words of Jesus in the Bible that led him to join the anti–death penalty movement; advocating against the death penalty gelled with the social justice emphasized by his faith.
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Asay is the 93rd person to have been executed in Florida since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the country in the mid-1970s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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"—USA Today Trump Pushes Death Penalty for NYC Attack SuspectIn a late-night tweet Wednesday, the president said Sayfullo Saipov, suspected of killing eight people in the Manhattan truck attack, "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!
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Those in favor of abolishing the death penalty may call the death penalty cruel and unusual but I would argue that these killers will have it easy – they will be executed by lethal injection.
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Georgia especially is tightly intertwined with the history of the death penalty: A lawsuit over Georgia's use of capital punishment in 213 led to a moratorium on the death penalty in the United States.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE's decision to seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev, Warren said she was against the death penalty but respected Holder's decision.
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Twenty-nine states have the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, and a map of those states looks a lot like the red-blue political demarcations of next year's presidential contest.
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Since the reinstatement of the federal death penalty in 1988, 77 defendants have been sentenced to death, compared with more than 5,000 in state courts through 2015, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Asked whether she supported calls by Mr. Trump and others for the death penalty, Ms. James said she is against the death penalty, but would support it in the case of the synagogue shooting.
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Neither senator's statement directly addressed the president's call for the death penalty for traffickers, but Ms. Hassan's aides said that in comments earlier in the day, she had opposed the death penalty for traffickers.
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Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the US has carried out 1,423 executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center—but even in America this extreme punishment is on the wane.
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State prosecutors had signaled their plans to seek the death penalty last year, making the case a rare instance of a defendant facing the death penalty in federal and state courts at the same time.
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Death penalty opponents were discouraged by Harris' decision as Attorney General to say while that while she personally opposed the death penalty, she would defend it as a matter of professional duty to her state.
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The flagging support for the death penalty aligns with a decline in the number of executions nationwide, which peaked in 1999 when 98 people were put to death, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Ayala, at a news conference earlier on Thursday, said Florida's death penalty system was the cause of "legal chaos" and said she would not seek the death penalty against Markeith Loyd, charged in the Jan.
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A 2015 Pew Research Center survey found that while support for the death penalty has dropped among all party identification, the sharpest decline has happened with Democrats — 56 percent of Democrats oppose the death penalty.
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Prosecutors have said they will pursue the death penalty for Rhodes.
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In Singapore and elsewhere, the death penalty remains popular with voters.
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He said he is considering whether to pursue the death penalty.
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The adults now faced the possibility of death penalty sentences. Jan.
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Mike Pompeo, also has called for the death penalty against Snowden.
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"This offers a strong argument against the death penalty," says Branson.
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Let me be clear: I am opposed to the death penalty.
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Fellenbaum has been charged with murder and faces the death penalty.
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A previous version of the bill initially included the death penalty.
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Are they looking for the president to get the death penalty?
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Prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty against John Reed.
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Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of them.
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Death penalty for Charleston shooter He also faces state murder charges.
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Murphy's death penalty case opened a hornet's nest for the court.
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Likewise, no one who faces the death penalty will be extradited.
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The question now is whether he will face the death penalty.
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The suspect has pleaded not guilty and faces the death penalty.
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Still, politicians grasped at straws, trying to justify the death penalty.
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Washington state's death penalty is unconstitutional, the state's Supreme Court ruled.
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Prospects look better for killing the death penalty than amending it.
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Protesters demand the death penalty for the killers of the girl.
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This does not mean he always votes against the death penalty.
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I think giving him the death penalty makes him a martyr.
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Prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek the death penalty.
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Sanders could face the death penalty if convicted on his charges.
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Concerns about the use of the death penalty are long-standing.
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Two juries gave Rhoades the death penalty in 1999 and 2007.
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As part of his plea agreement, he avoided the death penalty.
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If convicted of aggravated murder, Richardson could face the death penalty.
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They could face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.
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United States, according to the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
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He now faces sentencing, and is eligible for the death penalty.
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Washington is the 20th American state to abolish the death penalty.
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Prosecutors had previously said they would not seek the death penalty.
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Prosecutors have not determined whether they will pursue the death penalty.
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The death penalty, in effect suspended after the revolution, is back.
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Utah's conservative state Senate recently voted to abolish the death penalty.
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Iran sometimes gives people who commit those crimes the death penalty.
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Likewise, no one who faces the death penalty would be extradited.
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The death penalty is also not a deterrent in terrorism cases.
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"I would support the death penalty for yaba smugglers," she said.
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He is awaiting trial and might qualify for the death penalty.
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If convicted, Bracamontes faces life in prison or the death penalty.
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Repealing the death penalty does nothing to stop these hardened criminals.
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In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses.
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Forty years ago only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty.
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We've never had any evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
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What does America's criminal justice system look like post death penalty?
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The suspect won't face the death penalty if he is convicted.
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Death-penalty cases are arduous for prosecutors and defense attorneys alike.
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Alabama's capital juries give only advisory recommendations in death penalty sentencing.
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An additional 38 countries have abolished the death penalty in practice.
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Louisiana to abolish the death penalty for crimes other than murder.
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We celebrate today the 28503th World Day against the Death Penalty.
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These factors have contributed to the arbitrariness of the death penalty.
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Both the U.S. and Canada have condemned the death penalty case.
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He avoided the death penalty in exchange for his guilty plea.
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Pete Ricketts's (R) veto and repealed the death penalty in 2015.
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I want that my father's killers should get the death penalty.
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They're free to ask this court to overrule the death penalty.
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The death penalty was reinstated the year after Faretta became law.
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If convicted, James Bradley Jr., 215, could face the death penalty.
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Nikki R. Haley, a Republican, has called for the death penalty.
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Sununu vetoed the bill repealing the death penalty earlier this month.
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And that would bring into play, again, the words 'death penalty.
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You are exerting pressure in every country with the death penalty.
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The judge can commute a death penalty into a life sentence.
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Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty for Cruz.
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He also suggested that the death penalty could be a possibility.
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It has struck down abortion restrictions and overturned death penalty sentences.
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This includes birth control, divorce, premarital sex, and the death penalty.
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Fagg has also blasted Rosendale for not supporting the death penalty.
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The narrator notes that Bush supports the death penalty for murderers.
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Fiji, Madagascar, Republic of Congo and Suriname outlawed the death penalty.
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Go deeper: American support for the death penalty jumps in 2018
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You would even call for the reconstitution of the death penalty.
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Why did Elliott Abrams get the death penalty from The Donald?
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A jury voted 10-2 in favor of the death penalty.
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And he repeatedly said that the death penalty should be enforced.
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All in all, 18 states have fully abolished the death penalty.
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But my office helps defend death penalty cases across the state.
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Plus, the data [shows] that the death penalty doesn't deter anybody.
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I've been in dialogue with the church about the death penalty.
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Saudi Arabia has firmly defended its use of the death penalty.
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The government is seeking the death penalty for all of them.
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The authorities have not decided whether to pursue the death penalty.
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But he doubled down on his demand for the death penalty.
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The real problem of the death penalty is its human face.
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Gavin Newsom will put a moratorium on the death penalty today.
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Thirty-one states in the United States have the death penalty.
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Josh and I would sit home and debate the death penalty.
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It is rare for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
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He faces the death penalty, and sentencing will begin on Monday.
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If convicted, he faces life in prison or the death penalty.
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Last week, he proposed the death penalty for some drug dealers.
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Death-penalty abolitionists have highlighted racial disparities in executions ever since.
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But death-penalty opponents also were appalled at what came next.
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Editorial Piece by piece, the death penalty continues to fall apart.
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The Philippines's history with the death penalty is painful and complicated.
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Justice Breyer is the court's leading critic of the death penalty.
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Our death penalty system has cost us $5 billion since 1978.
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He could face the death penalty, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said.
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The suspect has pleaded not guilty and faces the death penalty.
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The federal murder charges carry the possibility of the death penalty.
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Some of the criminal counts against him carried the death penalty.
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By any measure, the death penalty in America is in decline.
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He appeared particularly concerned about racial bias in death penalty cases.
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The death penalty was once again part of California's penal system.
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Fearing Ayala may not pursue the death penalty, Cortes asked Gov.
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But he has also been determined to reactivate the death penalty.
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A jury decided that Mr. Mitchell should face the death penalty.
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A jury decided that Mr. Mitchell should face the death penalty.
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New Hampshire joined another 20 states in abolishing the death penalty.
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The death penalty continued to grow "geographically isolated," the center said.
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Initial plans to include the death penalty, it seems, were dropped.
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Since the resumption of the use of the death penalty in 1977, only twice has a state conducted eight executions in a single calendar month, said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Morva's execution was the 13th in the United States this year, and the 113th in Virginia since the Supreme Court allowed the resumption of the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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"Under long established United States Supreme Court precedent it's unconstitutional to use the death penalty for any offense that does not result in death," said Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.
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At the time of the 2002 Supreme Court decision, 18 states had recently ended the death penalty for intellectually disabled defendants, joining a dozen that had previously done so or had abolished the death penalty entirely.
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At the time of the 2002 Supreme Court decision, 18 states had recently ended the death penalty for intellectually disabled defendants, joining a dozen that had previously done so or had abolished the death penalty entirely.
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"Harris County is generally considered to be 'Exhibit A' when it comes to the death penalty in the United States," said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors U.S. capital punishment.
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But death penalty opponents hope that because of California's size and political importance, the governor's action will give new urgency to efforts to end executions in other states as popular support for the death penalty wanes.
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Local government spends millions on just a single death penalty trial, and states spend hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, on appeals, habeas, and everything else involved in keeping the death penalty on the books.
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The lethal injections were set to begin April 26 and continue through April 227 in a rash of executions unlike anything seen since states reinstituted the death penalty in 26, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Clinton on the death penalty The night's most memorable moment came when Ricky Jackson, a man who spent 39 years in prison for a murder he hadn't committed, pressed Clinton on her stance on the death penalty.
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He&aposs facing federal terrorism charges that could carry the death penalty.
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"There is no death penalty in Venezuela," tweeted opposition lawmaker Yajaira Forero.
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The prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five of the accused.
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Manning, who is against the death penalty, said the trial drained him.
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He now faces the death penalty for the slayings in Hudson, Florida.
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He faces the death penalty for his alleged 23-year murder spree.
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If he is convicted of capital murder, Bryant faces the death penalty.
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Nebraska legislators had voted to eliminate the death penalty in May 2015.
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The public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five of them.
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It's like handling death penalty cases, she says, in traffic court settings.
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Gavin Newsom placing a moratorium on the death penalty in his state.
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Jordan had previously imposed a nine-year moratorium on the death penalty.
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Sentencing is scheduled for next week, and Smith faces the death penalty.
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He could face the death penalty if convicted, The Idaho-Statesman reported.
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If convicted, the judge told him, he could face the death penalty.
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State prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against Roof on murder charges.
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For more about the death penalty and its decline, read Vox's explainer:
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Dozens of activists languish in jail; some may face the death penalty.
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The death penalty is, slowly but surely, on the decline in America.
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He no longer faces the death penalty as part of his plea.
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A jury will be selected next month for Sullivan's death penalty proceeding.
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The case did not challenge the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.
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Other recent cases also illustrated the court's differences over the death penalty.
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By way of background, I am against the death penalty and torture.
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He was spared the death penalty as part of his guilty plea.
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Threatened with the death penalty, the men confessed after high-pressure interrogations.
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But he whiffed and discussed his ironclad opposition to the death penalty.
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It would also eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing and abolish the death penalty.
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Kennedy imposed the death penalty on all counts of first degree murder.
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"Those allegations each make Felix eligible for the death penalty," authorities said.
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Delaware's death penalty is unconstitutional, the state's Supreme Court declared on Tuesday.
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Consider how the death penalty functions as part of the criminal justice
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Trump has been a public advocate of the death penalty for decades.
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He was charged with capital murder and could face the death penalty.
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No one, except a devoted death penalty abolitionist, would disagree with that.
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Meet the Florida prosecutor who refused to seek out the death penalty.
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Death-penalty cases he dismissed in minutes: the penalty was clearly constitutional.
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The notice cited multiple reasons under Florida law for the death penalty.
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He was passionately opposed to abortion and strongly supported the death penalty.
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"We have the death penalty, so does the United States," Jubeir said.
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The death penalty was repealed in 2006 following pressure from church groups.
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That last was in 2628, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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He faces the death penalty if convicted, according to CNN affiliate WLS.
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Use of the death penalty started declining in the 1960s and 70s.
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The aggravated murder charges have the death penalty as a possible sentence.
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The aggravated murder charge has the death penalty as a possible sentence.
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Those convicted of blasphemy can face the death penalty under Pakistani law.
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Democratic nominee will be open to arguments that the death penalty is
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As crime fell, the public's feelings about the death penalty also shifted.
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Texas has long been the heartland of the death penalty in America.
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But the death penalty does remain popular with many Americans, particularly whites.
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There are extremely severe penalties for drugs offences, including the death penalty.
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I think the death penalty is fading away because it doesn't work.
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We have better litigation of mental health evidence in death penalty cases.
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He faces the death penalty for the alleged 217-year murder spree.
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Zaragoza would be eligible for the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors said.
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The suspected shooter won't face the death penalty if he is convicted.
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"Impeachment is, like, the death penalty for a public official," she continued.
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The death penalty in the United States is also arbitrary and discriminatory.
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Two months later, at Allison's trial, Seifert again pursued the death penalty.
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Racism has always been at the heart of the American death penalty.
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Trudeau accused Canada of "arbitrarily" applying the death penalty in Schellenberg's case.
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The court's other death-penalty case docketed so far is equally disturbing.
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Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty for Bowers.
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Anyone else who obtained this expensive dye would face the death penalty.
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It's as if death penalty cases are being handled in traffic court.
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" His lawyers said that if federal prosecutors removed the death penalty, "Mr.
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Their failure to seek the death penalty renders President's Trump's comments inapplicable.
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The death penalty has had majority support among Americans for 45 years.
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Ray, seems to have intensified the justices' fissures over the death penalty.
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The death penalty has been imposed erroneously in at least 150 cases.
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Gavin Newsom's (D) plans to suspend the death penalty in the state.
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Opponents of the death penalty often make a moral case for abolition.
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To say these states currently have the death penalty is somewhat misleading.
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Trump has continued to advocate for the death penalty since taking office.
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Gavin Newsom (D) for halting the death penalty in the Golden State.
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Nebraska is among 31 US states that still enact the death penalty.
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The Catholic church has long opposed the death penalty in the Philippines.
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The plan also calls for abolishing the death penalty and solitary confinement.
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California's death penalty currently costs taxpayers an additional $150 million per year.
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America is a backward country when it comes to the death penalty.
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He wrote a book arguing for the abolishment of the death penalty.
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That complexity has been reflected in the politics of death-penalty prosecutions.
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I tried to get the death penalty aspects in that bill out.
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I was then, and I am now opposed to the death penalty.
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Trudeau accused China of "arbitrarily" applying the death penalty in Schellenberg's case.
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The crime was so heinous that Foulkes asked for the death penalty.
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When you think of the death penalty, you think of serial killers.
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Turkey's president has refused to rule out bringing back the death penalty.
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Instead, Michael J. Satz, the state attorney, is seeking the death penalty.
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Federal prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for 18 of those charges.
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Should the United States as a country stop using the death penalty?
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Opinion Everything you think you know about the death penalty is wrong.
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I asked about the death penalty, and there was a long silence.
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Is it a problem with the system or the death penalty itself?
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He faces dozens of hate-crime charges that carry the death penalty.
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It's been a tough couple of years for Florida death penalty proponents.
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Suppose California were considering a ballot initiative to abolish the death penalty.
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The death penalty has been a topic of frequent debate in California.
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"Maybe I should get the death penalty," he wrote in another letter.
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The most recent was Delaware, which banned the death penalty in 2016.
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The district attorney said he would seek the death penalty for Crusius.
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District Attorney Jaime Esparza said his office will seek the death penalty.
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Alabama executed four inmates in 2019, the Death Penalty Information Center said.
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If found guilty, the Aisyah and Doan could face the death penalty.
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Mr. Roof is also facing a death penalty trial in state court.
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Ending the death penalty is the only sensible path forward for California.
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When he was convicted in 2004, Shore asked for the death penalty.
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In fact, the death penalty has not proven to prevent violent crime.
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The death penalty was imposed by the jury, not by the prosecutor.
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Nobody can make the argument that the death penalty isn't a deterrent.
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He since became a very staunch campaigner to end the death penalty.
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"That means if we catch a drug dealer, death penalty," Trump said.
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Georgia found that the death penalty was not unconstitutional in every case.
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He also said he would seek the death penalty for drug traffickers.
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President Trump has pushed for the death penalty for some drug dealers.
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I watched death-penalty trials that lasted as little as four minutes.
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"When people do this, they should get the death penalty," he said.
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Not every American will know someone personally touched by the death penalty.
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Contenders in 2016 made abolishing the death penalty part of their platforms.
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We don't subject our worst criminals to such a brutal death penalty.
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Mr Reyna is also wary of some campaigners against the death penalty.
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Roane, arises from the administration's effort to revive the federal death penalty.
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A death penalty prosecution will be part of this much broader narrative.
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Prosecutors have yet to say whether they would seek the death penalty.
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These were death-penalty cases—lost causes not worth her reportorial time.
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The death penalty in the United States kept sliding into history's dustbin.
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Prosecutors had already filed a motion saying they'd seek the death penalty.
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The death penalty is another perennial hot-button issue in American politics.
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Florida's law on the application of the death penalty had been unclear.
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The death penalty is inhumane, not least because it is inherently irreversible.
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Many victims' family members have opposed the death penalty for Mr. Roof.
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The year also saw two states taking action against the death penalty.
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Women are less likely to vote for war or the death penalty.
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Recently, New Hampshire became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty.
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Pope Francis has long been an outspoken critic of the death penalty.
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District Attorney Jaime Esparza intends to seek the death penalty against him.
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Justice Breyer's campaign to do away with the death penalty will founder.
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Deukmejian drafted a 1977 law that legalized the death penalty in California.
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"An analysis of the death penalty must be pragmatic," Ms. Ayala concluded.
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Some of us even oppose the death penalty on exactly these grounds.
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For me, there is little difference between abortion and the death penalty.
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To be blunt, the death penalty is a form of societal revenge.
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Trump said the United States should harden laws on the death penalty.
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The death penalty is dying a slow death in the United States.
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Death penalty taken off the table Jensen said that a deal was reached with the Cache County Attorney's Office to take the death penalty off the table in exchange for information that would lead to the girl's body.
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At least 12 states have a moratorium or an official hold on the use of the death penalty, and in several others, courts are considering challenges to execution by lethal injection, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Van Hook's execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville brought to 56 the number of executions in Ohio since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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He was the second inmate to be executed in Florida and the 24th in the United States in 2018, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks the use of the death penalty in the United States.
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California, which hasn't executed anyone since Clarence Allen in 2006, has executed 13 people since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, an organization that advocates against capital punishment.
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The pope's decree is likely to hit hardest in the United States, where a majority of Catholics support the death penalty and the powerful "pro-life movement" has focused almost exclusively on ending abortion — not the death penalty.
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When the bill is enacted into law, Colorado will become the 22nd state since 2004 to abolish the death penalty by legislation or court action, according to the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks the issue.
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There are 10 people on death row in Kansas at this time, according to the Death Penalty Information Center website, but the state has not carried out any executions since it brought back the death penalty in 1994.
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Voters in California, Oklahoma, and Nebraska chose to preserve and strengthen the death penalty Voters in California, Oklahoma, and Nebraska chose to preserve and strengthen the death penalty Even as executions nationwide are at a 250-year low and public support for capital punishment is at a 20.9-year low, voters in three states on Tuesday chose measures that would preserve and strengthen the death penalty.
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Hannah Cox, national manager of the anti–death penalty group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, told BuzzFeed News that the Trump administration's decision was "backwards" and out of step with public opinion, including among conservatives and state lawmakers.
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Here's the action on this issue: California's Proposition 62 repeals the death penalty, while Proposition 66 changes rules around the legal system regarding the death penalty, with the intent of speeding up the time line from conviction to execution.
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CLINTON STANDS BY DEATH PENALTY: The Hill's Ben Kamisar reports: Hillary Clinton's support of the death penalty extends to her agreeing with the Justice Department's decision to seek the punishment with the man accused in last year's Charleston shooting.
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"When you're dealing with an issue as serious as the death penalty, it's important that governments that are seeking to carry it out follow the law," Robert Dunham, the head of the Death Penalty Information Center, told The Hill.
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Gabriel Dabscheck Melbourne, Australia A Death-Penalty Dilemma Jelani Cobb's article described the arguments against the death penalty, but it didn't address what to do with people who continue to commit violent crimes while in prison ( Comment , May 8th).
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Asked whether he wanted the death penalty reinstated in New York, Mr. Wofford said he would support an application of the death penalty under certain aggravated instances such as the murder of a law enforcement officer or multiple killings.
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Defendants convicted of offenses charged before that date could still be subject to the death penalty, and according to the Denver Post, at least one person is facing trial in a case that could result in the death penalty.
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Since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976 after a suspension of several years, 1,469 people have been executed in the United States -- all but 175 by lethal injection -- according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, clemency at the request of a forgiving victim's family has been almost unheard of, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors U.S. capital punishment.
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He could face the death penalty if convicted of his capital murder charge.
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Government officials are even contemplating whether to reinstate the death penalty for treason.
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The death penalty is "not up for debate, in my view," he wrote.
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If convicted, the 61-year-old former business associate faces the death penalty.
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While a jury recommended the death penalty, he will be sentenced in March.
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Given that it is a capital offense, prosecutors could seek the death penalty.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty and a jury will determine the punishment.
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Use of the death penalty has declined nationwide for decades, per Business Insider.
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Esteban Santiago, 26, could face the death penalty in connection with the shooting.
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The federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988 after a 16-year moratorium.
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It's not uncommon for death penalty appeals to take years, if not decades.
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In 1984, Carpenter was convicted of two murders and received the death penalty.
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It's unclear whether Ayala's office would be able to seek the death penalty.
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Voters have struck down initiatives to repeal the death penalty on multiple occasions.
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The proposition was one of three pro-death-penalty measures on state ballots.
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He has proposed reinstating the death penalty, which would be incompatible with membership.
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The Obama administration abstained on a vote on the death penalty in 2014.
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Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Sessions favors the death penalty for certain drug kingpins.
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Georgia is the 1976 Supreme Court decision that brought back the death penalty.
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Many hundreds of activists languish in jail; some may face the death penalty.
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Wade as precedent, and shielding juveniles and disabled people from the death penalty.
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" Porter said Franklin deserves the death penalty, saying, "An eye for an eye.
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Other states with the death penalty, and federal prisons, have less strict conditions.
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Prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty against Martinez, citing her mental state.
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If convicted, Gallon faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
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Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty at Kratz&aposs upcoming trial.
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If convicted of the most serious charge, he could receive the death penalty.
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China later detained two Canadians and imposed the death penalty on a third.
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And in 2012 and 2016 we voted in favour of the death penalty.
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She defended the death penalty as attorney general, despite being personally against it.
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One feature distinguishes Ray from these Muslim-friendly rulings: the death-penalty context.
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In May, New Hampshire became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty.
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As a condition of her extradition, Vázquez Rijos will avoid the death penalty.
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Holder, abolishing the death penalty, and using federal funding to encourage police transparency.
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It's not the first time Branson has spoken out against the death penalty.
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The legislation also lengthened the list of crimes qualifying for the death penalty.
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He hasn't done a lot on voting rights issues or the death penalty.
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Bucklew's case is the second this term to deal with the death penalty.
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Prosecutors, who had sought the death penalty for Moscatiello, did not immediately comment.
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Prosecutors said they plan to seek the death penalty for Sammantha if possible.
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And we believe criminals who kill police officers should get the death penalty.
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Likewise, no serious Democratic candidate should be able to support the death penalty.
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Avoiding the label made it easier for them to pursue the death penalty.
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Prosecutors announced Tuesday they will be seeking the death penalty in the case.
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Brazile also reportedly shared a question about the death penalty ahead of time.
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Here's why the death penalty and longer prison sentences don't really deter crime
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He faces the death penalty phase of the trial, which will begin Friday.
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The sentencing phase will begin on Saturday, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.
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Hickeron could have faced the death penalty for the original capital murder charge.
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In death penalty cases, Sotomayor wrote, the court has a particularly grave responsibility.
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In exchange for the confession, prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty.
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He could have faced the death penalty if he was convicted at trial.
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Those admissions could bolster prosecutors' case for seeking the death penalty against him.
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Washington: Attempts to abolish the state's death penalty this year have already failed.
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The law mandates the death penalty for insulting Islam or the Prophet Mohammad.
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She had tweeted articles opposing reinstating the death penalty and condemning mob violence.
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It introduced the death penalty this year for those raping girls under 12.
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That poll found that a minority of African Americans supported the death penalty.
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Amnesty International on Thursday condemned Florida for its use of the death penalty.
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In exchange for his confession, prosecutors promised not to pursue the death penalty.
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The gunman was captured and should, in my opinion, face the death penalty.
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Sejal Jhawer, age 16 The death penalty: one of America's most barbaric practices.
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I'll enforce the death penalty as governor and I'm against same-sex marriage.
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There was no mention of the death penalty after the security cabinet meeting.
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As of today, 22019 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
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The deterrence argument for the death penalty also failed to support my belief.
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Hannah Cox is the National Manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty.
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All ISIS fighters face the death penalty under the country's anti-terrorism law.
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Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) called for the death penalty at the officer's funeral.
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Harvey Weinstein just got the death penalty from the Producers Guild of America.
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I laid out the case for why ZTE deserved the economic death penalty.
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Arizona, the latest case to question whether the death penalty should be abolished.
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Nor are they always spared the death penalty that hangs over Hussein's head.
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Last year, he called for the death penalty for anyone violating the ban.
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Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty in the case.
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He also called for the death penalty for criminals who kill police officers.
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Legislators could also consider the state's death penalty system during a special session.
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To name a couple: marijuana legalization and the repeal of the death penalty.
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State prosecutors are required to get federal permission to pursue the death penalty.
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Supporters of the death penalty said they were not surprised by Barr's decision.
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This involved increasing the length of prison sentences and adding the death penalty.
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The Supreme Court eventually reversed its own decision and reinstated the death penalty.
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He faces the death penalty in coming trials in federal and state courts.
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Cruz has been charged with 34 counts and could face the death penalty.
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There also are now concerns that some protesters could face the death penalty.
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Prosecutors said on Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty for Cruz.
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As I noted in 2015, prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty less frequently.
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Alvarez could face the death penalty if convicted on the capital murder charge.
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In some of the biggest states, death-penalty systems are defunct or collapsing.
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Saudi prosecutors first announced their intention to seek the death penalty in November.
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His popularity has been boosted by pledges like bringing back the death penalty.
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Will federal prosecutors actually try to make greater use of the death penalty?
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In effect, the president had decreed a de facto death penalty without trial.
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Conservative Islamist groups in Pakistan have demanded the death penalty be carried out.
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I suppose that's been steadily decreasing since the abolition of the death penalty.
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He was facing murder charges and possibly the death penalty as a result.
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Trump suggested the death penalty for illegal drug dealers on the same day.
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Public support for the death penalty hit a 20-year low last year.
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But some death penalty opponents cast his decisions as political survival and ambition.
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In Ohio, murder is punishable by life in prison or the death penalty.
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A case earlier in January also concerned the death penalty, although less directly.
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Prosecutors have said they would seek the death penalty if he is convicted.
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I'm not this zealot about the death penalty, but it is the law.
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Illinois, Connecticut, New Mexico and Maryland abolished the death penalty in recent years.
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Today, Sister Prejean is perhaps the greatest single advocate against the death penalty.
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Federal prosecutors dropped another charge that could have led to the death penalty.
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Saudi Arabia's monarchy has long defended its heavy use of the death penalty.
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I think with the death penalty it comes down to specifics of cases.
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Governors have imposed moratoriums on the death penalty in four of those states.
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Recently, there have been calls in some countries to restore the death penalty.
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In Nebraska, the fight over the death penalty is taking on new urgency.
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You might argue that not every data hack deserves a corporate death penalty.
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"The death penalty is the gravest sentence our society may impose," he wrote.
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Twenty-two of those federal crimes carried the possibility of the death penalty.
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Despite international condemnation, public support for the death penalty remains high in Japan.
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Another province threatened the death penalty to anyone caught deliberately spreading the virus.
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The contemporary reluctance over the death penalty has drawn markedly less official support.
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Because of his age, prosecutors cannot pursue the death penalty in this case.
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Goldberg's eventual dissent in a death-penalty petition did not include this research.
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The Justice Department has not indicated whether it will seek the death penalty.
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Use of the death penalty in the region is not limited to Iran.
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Even those who oppose the death penalty on moral grounds, like the Rev.
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A jury vote recommending the death penalty after Lambrix's conviction was not unanimous.
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" The apostate "needs to be eliminated by the death penalty, to protect Muslims.
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Prosecutors announced in court filings Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty.
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Today's 360 video visits an anti-death penalty rally in Little Rock, Ark.
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Tim Kaine, who personally opposes the death penalty, wouldn't put Hitler to death.
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Midazolam, a sedative, has become a flash point in the death penalty debate.
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Dr. Quijano has given similar testimony in other death penalty cases since 2400.
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Of the 31 states that allow the death penalty, many require physician participation.
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The death penalty has been prohibited by New York State law since 2007.
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Mr. Sessions' support for the death penalty, even in troubling circumstances, remains unwavering.
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But federal prosecutors decided to go to trial and seek the death penalty.
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Before that, I helped write the state's death penalty law as a legislator.
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Trump also said the nation should strengthen its laws surrounding the death penalty.
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Ms. Ayala sued, arguing that the death penalty had failed as a deterrent.
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Opponents of the death penalty have launched an effective campaign against capital punishment.
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An additional offense termed "aggravated abortion murder" could carry the death penalty, too.
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It's the only time that the Jewish state has implemented the death penalty.
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He would publicly both support and reject the death penalty in his career.
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Those actions, Mr. Sanders argued, should eliminate the possibility of the death penalty.
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And extensive research has shown that the death penalty does not deter crime.
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In 10 member countries, LGBTQ people face the death penalty for their orientation.
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"These two occasions in my view would be appropriate for the death penalty."
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The death penalty has been on the decline in America for two decades.
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As a progressive independent voter, I am still firmly for the death penalty.
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To the Editor: A comment in Nicholas Kristof's death penalty piece irritates me.
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The public prosecutor said it would seek the death penalty for five suspects.
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Indiana is also an Eighth Amendment case, but not about the death penalty.
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That may play a role in declining public support for the death penalty.
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Still, it's the death penalty that likely represents the greatest challenge for Washington.
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Conversely, voting "repeal" would make the death penalty an option in the state.
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Unlike his two Yankee predecessors as Democratic nominee, Clinton backed the death penalty.
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Public support of the use of the death penalty continues to dwindle, too.
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She has said that she rejects the death penalty, and the presidential system.
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The state had long struggled to pass a bill banning the death penalty.
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Most notable may be his change of heart on the death penalty: Despite his long support of capital punishment, Biden said on Tuesday that he would abolish the death penalty at the federal level and incentivize states to follow suit.
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" The new teaching wouldn't allow death penalty at all, which stands in stark contrast to the previous text, which allowed death penalty if it was "the only practicable way to defend the lives of human beings effectively against the aggressor.
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"Governor Newsom, who supported the failed initiative to end the death penalty in 2006, is usurping the express will of California voters and substituting his personal preferences via this hasty and ill-considered moratorium on the death penalty," she said.
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There are 25 states that still have the death penalty; Cox said a third of those states haven't used the procedure in more than a decade, and 11 of those states saw Republican-sponsored death penalty repeal bills this year alone.
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Wall Street Journal reporter and MSNBC contributor Eli Stokols is upset that President Trump called for the death penalty when discussing New York City terrorist Sayfullo Saipov but didn't mention the death penalty when discussing the already-dead Las Vegas shooter.
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In Oklahoma, after a yearlong review of the state's death penalty system, the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission recognized that the state failed to execute only "the worst of the worst" and on Tuesday recommended a continued moratorium in the state.
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Death penalty After 25 years without an execution, the federal death penalty is being reinstated in the US. Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of five inmates after adopting an updated execution protocol.
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The 11-member Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, led by former Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, and made up of both death penalty supporters and opponents, said more time was needed to fix issues including the state's drug protocol.
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This month, the company is taking on the death penalty with 31 States, an almond- and- rosewood-infused bath bomb whose name reflects the fact that 31 states currently have the death penalty — something Lush is hoping to change. How?
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Globally, four more countries abolished the death penalty in 2015, for a total of 102 countries — up from just 16 in 1977, when record-keeping began — while 38 more countries have not used the death penalty in at least 10 years.
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"If I do a joke and include how the number one determinate in equal trials of whether someone gets the death penalty is race of the victim, they may keep supporting the death penalty they've got that fact," he told me.
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Ms. Harris misstated a common talking point from those opposed to the death penalty: For every nine to 10 people who have been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the United States, one person has been set free.
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"The governor has positioned himself as saying he's vetoing the repeal of the death penalty because he cares about law enforcement and victims, but he's refused to meet with murder victims' family members who oppose the death penalty," Mr. Cushing said.
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Prosecutors say their intent to seek the death penalty is justified because Bowers' anti-Semitic views played a role in the shooting, the shooting was intentional and he showed no remorse, according to a federal notice to seek the death penalty.
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The Death Penalty Information Center, which is based in Washington, is funded by individual donors and the Roderick MacArthur Justice Center, the Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, the Death Penalty Project, a Proteus Action League initiative and M. Quinn Delaney.
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One of Mr. Buck's trial lawyers, Jerry Guerinot, has a dismal record in death penalty cases, having represented 20 people sentenced to death in Texas, more than are awaiting execution in about half of the states that have the death penalty.
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If Arkansas follows that timetable, it will be at a rate unmatched by any state since the United States resumed the death penalty in 20053, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit research group that opposes capital punishment.
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Letter To the Editor: Re "Race and the Death Penalty in Texas" (editorial, April 3): The case of Duane Buck, a black man from Texas sentenced to the death penalty for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and a man who was with her, is an extraordinary example of the distressing persistence of racial disparity in the application of the death penalty, but it is not the only one.
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Moore said prosecutors may seek the death penalty for Gleason if he is convicted.
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That sentence was commuted to life without parole after Illinois barred the death penalty.
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In the United States, 31 states have the death penalty and 19 do not.
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Trump has called for the use of the death penalty in major drug cases.
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Biden, too, joined the crowd to call for the abolishment of the death penalty.
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The federal death penalty was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Furman v.
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As part of his plea deal, Alexander avoided the death penalty, the outlet reports.
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The same jury must now consider whether Roof, 22, should face the death penalty.
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South Carolina prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty as well.
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The death penalty is inadmissible in all cases, the Vatican officially announced on Thursday.
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"The death penalty makes absolutely no sense in 2016," he said in an interview.
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Johnson has been a longtime champion of legalizing marijuana and abolishing the death penalty.
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California's Governor is set to impose a moratorium on the state's death penalty today.
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Prosecutors said in February that they planned to seek the death penalty against Kimrey.
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But that doesn't mean the death penalty was the right choice in this case.
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Marijuana traffickers can be subject to the death penalty in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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"Our death penalty system has been – by any measure – a failure," the statement said.
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Victims advocacy groups have played a significant role in keeping the death penalty alive.
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If convicted, he faces life without parole and is eligible for the death penalty.
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So far 19 states and the District of Columbia have discarded the death penalty.
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His death penalty trial began on May 803 in Lexington County before a jury.
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A Florida jury unanimously voted not to recommend the death penalty for Markeith Loyd.
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He will face a separate death penalty trial on the state level in January.
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Assailants in school killings in China often receive severe punishments, including the death penalty.
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"Renouncing Islam is technically punishable by the death penalty in Saudi Arabia," Coogle said.
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The victim's father said he doesn't want her killer to get the death penalty.
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They opted for the latter and Hussein was given the death penalty on Thursday.
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Current law already applies the death penalty to some types of drug-related murder.
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If taken seriously, Warren's framework is an existential threat to the death penalty itself.
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Those convicted face life in prison or the death penalty merely for IS membership.
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Young declined to say whether he will seek the death penalty in the case.
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The murder charges carry a sentence of life without parole or the death penalty.
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In 2018 it upheld the death penalty in just 3% of those it reviewed.
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Garcia, 42, faces either life imprisonment or the death penalty, court officials tell PEOPLE.
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Earlier, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said federal prosecutors could seek the death penalty.
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Charleston County Solicitor Scarlett Wilson has said she also will seek the death penalty.
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The murder of a police officer is a death-penalty-eligible crime in Colorado.
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He was convicted both times and also recommended for the death penalty both times.
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Buck's case, however, is the most extraordinary death penalty case I have ever encountered.
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Justice officials said they had not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.
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DiNardo&aposs lawyer has said he&aposd plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
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Young would not say whether his office will see the death penalty for Ostrem.
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Matthew could have faced the death penalty if he had been convicted at trial.
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The Tree of Life shooter is facing 63 federal charges and the death penalty.
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A grand jury already decided the death penalty was not appropriate in Stockdale's case.
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Prosecutors announced in March they would seek the death penalty for the ex-cop.
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The federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, and expanded by Congress in 1994.
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He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was spared the death penalty.
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Prosecutors charged Casey Anthony in her death and decided to seek the death penalty.
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Prosecutors have previously said they will seek the death penalty for Blanton&aposs killing.
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If Williams and the other man are convicted, they could face the death penalty.
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Prosecutors have said they would pursue the death penalty if Zachary Adams is convicted.
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Frein could either receive a sentence of life in prison or the death penalty.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Frein, who was convicted of killing Cpl.
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The Trump administration's move could put the death penalty back into the political conversation.
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The elder Cuomo vetoed legislation reinstating the death penalty 12 times in 12 years.
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Delaware's Supreme Court ruled last week that the sate's death penalty law is unconstitutional.
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He was involved in the decision to seek the death penalty for both defendants.
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It's the national take on the death penalty, though, that took the hardest hit.
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A 2015 government survey found that 80.3 percent of people supported the death penalty.
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Wrongful executions have stirred particular outrage, though the death penalty itself remains widely popular.
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Colorado: Attempts to repeal the state's death penalty failed along party lines last month.
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You noted the traumatic effect that imposing the death penalty can have on jurors.
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Then Casey faced a murder trial where the death penalty was on the table.
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Peanuts, pecans, peaches, even morality takes a backseat to the death penalty in Georgia.
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Currently, Colorado, Oregon and Washington also have moratoriums in place against the death penalty.
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Pakistan's blasphemy laws mandate the death penalty, although no sentence has been carried out.
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Trump in the White House may well entrench a broken death penalty system for
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It's possible there's a smaller number of murders that qualify for the death penalty.
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Cameron's spokeswoman said on Monday that Britain opposed the death penalty under any circumstances.
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Roof is facing the death penalty for killing nine black churchgoers in June 2015.
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Mexico said there were no formal assurances that Guzmán wouldn't face the death penalty.
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"The death penalty — in and of itself — constitutes an unconstitutional punishment," Roof's lawyers claimed.
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Following the indictment, the Justice Department announced that it would seek the death penalty.
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Student leader Emma Gonzalez describes Cruz's potential death penalty trial as a "good" thing.
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If the death penalty trial proceeds, he said, he will not attend any hearings.
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If tried as individuals who compromised Egyptian territory, officials could face the death penalty.
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In 2013, Cobb was convicted but avoided the death penalty in a plea deal.
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Roberts generally sides with the rest of the court's conservatives on death-penalty matters.
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These are the reasons that conservatives and libertarians are turning against the death penalty.
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This year alone, seven states are considering death penalty repeal legislation introduced by Republicans.
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The extradition was blocked on human rights grounds, because Iraq has the death penalty.
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By the end of last year, 106 countries worldwide had banned the death penalty.
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The city's police union urged Harris to seek the death penalty for the suspect.
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Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott has said he supports the death penalty for Cruz.
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With approval of his wife's family, prosecutors dropped the possibility of the death penalty.
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Murphy isn't the only death-penalty case that the justices will hear next term.
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Rights activists and some governments have called on Indonesia to abolish the death penalty.
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Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty at a later stage of the trial.
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While Bergdahl faces a potential life sentence, the death penalty is off the table.
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He faces four charges of murder and could receive the death penalty if convicted.
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But the court has done itself no favors in its recent death-penalty rulings.
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Sister Helen Prejean, the anti-death penalty activist, also weighed in on the case.
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If California voters put an end to the death penalty, hopefully others will follow.
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Mississippi, has a gobsmacking procedural history even by the standards of death penalty prosecutions.
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Since the coup attempt, he has raised the prospect of reinstating the death penalty.
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She thinks that death penalty cases should be overseen by the federal justice system.
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Pragmatic opposition to the death penalty is also bringing pragmatic solutions to end it.
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The most noticeable example is when the court outlawed the death penalty in 1972.
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"Approved to proceed on the death penalty," Mr. Castille wrote on a subordinate's memorandum.
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The most recent vote on the keeping the death penalty was in the 1980s.
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As a result, we are institutionally opposed to the death penalty in all cases.
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President Donald Trump repeatedly called on Twitter for Saipov to face the death penalty.
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Four death penalty initiatives are on the ballot, including two conflicting proposals in California.
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In Oklahoma, voters will consider a constitutional amendment that would protect the death penalty.
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His research interests include criminal procedure, death penalty jurisprudence, federal View the discussion thread.
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If signed into law, the bill would extinguish the death penalty in New England.
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Texas, an inmate contended his intellectual disability made him ineligible for the death penalty.
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" Brazile then shared a question on the death penalty, stating, "This one worries me.
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The death penalty is about retribution for past offenses, not prevention of future ones.
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Prosecutors in the Philadelphia district attorney's office sought the death penalty, and got it.
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Maliwal is pushing for the death penalty to be handed out in all cases.
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Mongolia passed a new criminal code that will abolish the death penalty this year.
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"We should stiffen up our laws in terms of the death penalty," Trump said.
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His sentence was commuted to life in prison after California banned the death penalty.
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Is it what New York Times called an "obsessive" devotion to the death penalty?
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What are your feelings about the death penalty as a form of punishment now?
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Her position on the death penalty as attorney general would be far more complicated.
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Now, Mr. Mahathir's government is going one step further, eliminating the death penalty entirely.
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Judge Gonzalez's ruling was hailed by human rights groups and anti-death penalty activists.
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After reading The Chicago Tribune's series on questionable convictions in death penalty cases, Gov.
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It also threatened the death penalty to those who hoard necessary materials or equipment.
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President Trump urged the death penalty, expressing frustration at the pace of terrorism trials.
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"We've had a death penalty in our state for many, many years," Ferguson said.
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For Mr. Trump, the death penalty fits his favored straight-talking, tough-guy image.
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"This isn't pedophilia but pure terrorism," said Avigdor Lieberman, who demanded the death penalty.
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Death penalty cases are the criminal justice system's most complex, expensive and emotionally taxing.
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In 1965, he helped push through a private member's bill abolishing the death penalty.
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My interest in the death penalty arises partly from a mistake of my own.
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The Colombian government, which abolished the death penalty in 1910, has supported Ortiz's efforts.
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I oppose the death penalty on the ground that it's barbaric and increasingly unworkable.
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Over here you have the death penalty, over here you have the prison system.
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He voted to amend the 1994 crime law to ban the federal death penalty.
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More than 30 African nations still criminalize gay sex, some with the death penalty.
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Aside from Mr. Biden, most of the other candidates have opposed the death penalty.
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Ayala isn't the only newly elected prosecutor to come out against the death penalty.
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In retirement from public office, Mr. Luken became an activist against the death penalty.
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"As Canadians know we do not have the death penalty in Canada," she said.
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His original sentence of 15 years in prison was replaced with the death penalty.
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He voted to amend the 19903 crime law to ban the federal death penalty.
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Mr. McCoy, who was facing the death penalty, told his lawyer he was innocent.
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The Vatican had previously said that the death penalty was acceptable in rare instances.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the six, including Ms. Ghomgham.
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It is especially curious considering Pope Francis's recent unequivocal condemnation of the death penalty.
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