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9 hours ago · President Joe Biden can — and must — act now to finish the death penalty reform work his administration began in 2020. He must commute the sentences of all people on …
UN demands halt to capital punishment in Afghanistan after …
9 hours ago · The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has condemned the Taliban’s latest public execution of a convicted murderer, which took place at a sports stadium …
Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human ... - UN News
1 day ago · A public execution carried out in a sports stadium in Afghanistan drew condemnation from senior UN officials on Wednesday, who demanded an immediate end to such practices …
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Jul 01, 2024. DPI Report — Lethal Election: How the U.S. Electoral Process Increases the Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty. Electoral politics distort the fairness and accuracy of capital …
Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas for the first time
Jan 26, 2024 · Alabama executed convicted murderer Smith with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of …
Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment…
Dec 2, 2023 · By The Associated Press. HOUSTON — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered …
Alabama nitrogen gas execution reignites US capital punishment …
Jan 27, 2024 · A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that once again placed the United States at …
What’s the status of the US death penalty? - Associated Press News
Mar 14, 2023 · Capital punishment has been a hot-button issue politically in the past but is less so now after support for capital punishment has fallen in recent decades. Backing for it currently …
UN experts call for complete abolition of death penalty as ... - UN News
Oct 10, 2022 · Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Monday issued a statement recalling that under …