Tag: execution
Virginia becomes first southern state to abolish the death penalty
“With Governor Northam’s signature today, Virginia has now joined 22 other states, including Washington, D.C., that have abandoned the death penalty."
35 House democrats join Reps. Bush and Pressley in calling on...
"We believe that rebuilding the dignity of America requires that we recommit ourselves to the tradition of due process, mercy, and judicial clemency when it comes to matters related to the criminal legal system."
Mississippi passes bill to legalize death by firing squad as lethal...
Of the 33 states with the death penalty, only Oklahoma and Utah allow for execution by firing squad.
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We don’t have to choose between nuclear madmen
We can make a difference -- maybe even the difference -- to avert global nuclear annihilation.
What connects Trump’s likely arrest with the bank bailouts?
Let's start with multi-billionaire Peter Thiel, and follow the money.
3 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Christian elementary school in Nashville
If thoughts and prayers alone worked to stop gun violence, there wouldn't have been a shooting at a Christian elementary school. It's your actions - including weakening the state's gun laws - that's killing kids in Tennessee.
Researchers develop method to permanently destroy toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in water supply
“The results we obtain from these real-world field studies will allow us to further optimize the technology and have it ready."
English lawyers refuse to prosecute climate protestors in ‘declaration of conscience’
“Young lawyers are being placed in an impossible position. We’re being told by our firms and regulators it’s a professional obligation to act for fossil fuel projects, knowing that doing so will poison our own future and all of life on Earth."