Tag: Death Penalty

Idaho student murders: University halts demolition of house where murders took place

Rachel Schilke · July 12, 2023 11:10 pm

Bryan Kohberger, right, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, appears at a hearing in Latah County District Court, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

Idaho student murders: Report suggests death penalty could cost $1 million more than life sentence

Brady Knox · July 7, 2023 6:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

The ACLU’s morally perverse masterclass on how not to campaign against the death penalty

Jack Elbaum · June 19, 2023 5:15 pm

Idaho student murders: Everything to know ahead of Bryan Kohberger’s arraignment

Rachel Schilke · May 22, 2023 2:44 pm

A new report from the Death Penalty Information Center shows there were just 23 executions in 2017 -- the second lowest total since 1991. Nearly 75 percent of the executions in 2017 took place in four states: Texas (seven), Arkansas (four), Florida (three), and Alabama (three). (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Supreme Court rules in favor of death row inmate seeking lethal gas over injection

Rachel Schilke · May 15, 2023 4:54 pm

The Death Penalty Information Center's year end report found there were just 20 executions in 2016, fewer than any year in the last 25 years. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

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The shadow of the Holocaust and my change of heart on the death penalty

Michael J. Zoosman · May 7, 2023 6:00 am

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2021, photo provided by Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Richard Glossip.

Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma death row inmate’s execution after support from AG

Kaelan Deese · May 5, 2023 6:44 pm

Florida prisoner executed via lethal injection for brutal 1986 stabbing

Luke Gentile · May 4, 2023 3:12 pm

This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Glossip on Feb. 19, 2021. Oklahomaâs Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, May 1, 2023, to grant Glossip a stay of execution, saying there were enough problems with Glossip's conviction that he deserves a new trial.

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Oklahoma death-row inmate deserves reprieve on National Day of Prayer

Quin Hillyer · May 4, 2023 2:23 pm

Florida prisoner set to be executed for brutal 1986 stabbing

Luke Gentile · May 3, 2023 5:16 pm

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his State of the State address in Oklahoma City on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt can stay the execution of a man who may very well be innocent

Timothy P. Carney · May 2, 2023 7:42 pm

DeSantis challenges Supreme Court by signing new death penalty law

Eden Villalovas · May 2, 2023 4:19 pm