Tag: Death Penalty

Beltway Confidential

The death penalty paradox

Daniel Allott · January 5, 2016 8:56 pm

U.S. executions fall to 25-year low

Kelly Cohen · December 16, 2015 5:31 pm

"[Anybody] killing a policeman, policewoman, police officer, anybody killing the police officer -- death penalty. It's gonna happen, okay?" No, Mr. Trump, it isn't going to happen. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump’s limitless pandering

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2015 5:37 am

The death penalty is being used less in the United States;Â so far this year, only 25 people have been executed, which could be the lowest number in nearly 25 years. (AP Photo)

Report: Veterans are 10 percent of nation’s death row population

Kelly Cohen · November 10, 2015 5:16 pm

The debate over assisted suicide isn't really about death; it's about the meaning of dignity.

Beltway Confidential

The problem with ‘dying with dignity’

Daniel Allott · October 6, 2015 6:38 pm

In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 photo, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton gives a statement to reporters at the media center at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla, after Gov. Mary Fallin halted the execution execution of Richard Glossip due to a question about the execution drugs. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma court halts executions

Robert King · October 2, 2015 5:11 pm

Alex Gerszewski, spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, announces that Gov. Mary Fallin has stayed the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip for 37 days, until Friday, Nov. 6. FallinÂ said the stay is due to concerns over the lethal injections drugs that they received for the execution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Okla. governor delays Glossip’s execution

Robert King · September 30, 2015 9:37 pm

The highest support for body cameras came from African-Americans, with 73 percent saying they "strongly supported" them, compared with 62 percent of people overall who said the same. (AP Photo)

GOP senators: ‘Police lives also matter’

Kelly Cohen · September 29, 2015 7:38 pm

Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. talks with fellow members on Capitol Hill in Washington before Pope Francis addressed to a joint meeting of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cruz dissents from pope on death penalty

Al Weaver · September 24, 2015 6:14 pm

Pope Francis listens to applause before addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, making history as the first pontiff to do so. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pro-life supporters after pope ignores abortion

Becket Adams · September 24, 2015 5:00 pm

The stay of execution for Richard Glossip, convicted of murder in 2004, is for two weeks. (AP Photo)Â

Okla. court halts execution of man who challenged injection drug

Robert King · September 16, 2015 5:59 pm

Supreme Court ruling may not ease shortage of drugs used for lethal injection

Robert King · June 30, 2015 4:01 am