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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Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will
Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
EV charging stations approved for 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, covering 75,000...
States will have access to $1.5 billion in federal monies to build the chargers.
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad on Ukraine, why US must negotiate with Russia &...
When it comes to continuing the war rather than negotiating a peace settlement, “the United States and Britain are pretty isolated on this.”
Tech billionaires are actually dumber than you think
It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end times they have played a part in creating.
Parents like their public schools, no matter how much the charter school movement tells...
Branding public schools as “failed” institutions is more about politics than education.