Tag: execution
Global executions surge to 10-year high: US, Iran, and China lead...
Amnesty International reports a spike in executions driven by Iran and the U.S., with China remaining the world's leading executioner under a shroud of secrecy.
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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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.
No putz has offended more millions in more places, more quickly – with no...
The Trump Horror Show is the fastest growing American “export commodity” – jeopardizing hundreds of billions in lost tourist dollars, lost foreign student tuitions, and lost confidence in American trustworthiness.
Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA grants sweeping exemptions...
Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.
IDF report on Gaza medics’ killing called a cover-up as rights groups demand independent...
Despite video evidence and global outrage, Israeli military report denies executions and offers limited disciplinary action for deadly March 23 attack
Trump harvests autocratic powers
Planted by Bush and Cheney.