Tag: Death Penalty

In Moore, the Supreme Court will determine whether the execution of an inmate after a prolonged period of incarceration violates the 8th Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court hears contentious death penalty case

Ryan Lovelace · November 29, 2016 7:28 pm

California Approves Speedier Executions

Ethan Epstein · November 10, 2016 2:35 pm

California voters decisively decided to strengthen capital punishment in their state, by declining to repeal the death penalty. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

California decisively strengthens death penalty

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2016 4:18 pm

Voters in Oklahoma overwhelmingly affirmed their support of the death penalty on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

Oklahoma validates support of death penalty

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2016 3:59 am

Nineteen states have repealed the death penalty, and polling suggests that more could. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Will voters send death penalty to the gallows?

Daniel Allott · November 7, 2016 9:12 pm

Poll shows 57 percent of likely voters support a ballot measure legalizing pot, while 40 percent oppose it. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Most support legalizing pot in California

Robert King · November 4, 2016 4:47 pm

The Supreme Court late Thursday issued a last-minute stay on the Alabama execution of Thomas A. Douglas. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Supreme Court halts Alabama execution for 7th time

Kelly Cohen · November 4, 2016 1:09 pm

Voters in 32 states voted on 120 statewide ballot measures in the 2020 election.

Ballot initiatives preview: Pot, minimum wage and gun laws

Kyle Feldscher · November 4, 2016 4:01 am

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a jury must unanimously agree on a death sentence before it can be handed down. (AP Photo/Edmund D. Fountain, Pool)

Florida Supreme Court: Jury must unanimously agree on death penalty

Kelly Cohen · October 14, 2016 6:36 pm

The Supreme Court kicks off oral arguments in its October term on Tuesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

These are the cases that will define new Supreme Court term

Ryan Lovelace · October 4, 2016 4:01 am

GOP attacks Kaine’s death penalty history

Mariana Barillas · October 3, 2016 6:45 pm

The death penalty is no longer supported by the majority of Americans, making it the first time in nearly a half century the public is unsure about capital punishment, according to a Pew Research report released Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Poll: Support for death penalty nears 50-year low

Anna Giaritelli · September 29, 2016 11:08 pm