South Carolina carries out first execution in 13 years
South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South ...
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Taiwan court limits death penalty to most serious crimes
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should be applied only to the most grievous offenses, a ...
Taiwan Court Upholds Legality of Death Penalty but Limits Use to Only the Most Serious Crimes
The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...
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Evangelicals could kill capital punishment system if they would, speakers declare
The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...
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Could People Facing the Death Penalty Lose the Right to Tell Juries Their Life Stories?
In Ford v. Wainwright, the court held in 1986 that “insane” people could not be sentenced to die; Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 ...