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Balancing State and Federal Roles in Boston Bomber Case
Accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged with federal crimes of terrorism that carry the potential for a death sentence. Does it matter that Massachusetts doesn’t have the death penalty? more
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State of the Death Penalty in 2013
Maryland became the sixth state in as many years to repeal the death penalty. The fate of the state’s five remaining death row inmates is up to Governor Martin O'Malley. more
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Maryland Repeals Death Penalty, Sixth State in Six Years
Maryland became the sixth state in as many years to repeal the death penalty. But the fate of the state’s five remaining death row inmates is up to Governor Martin O'Malley. more
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Bucking Trend, Iowa Senator Seeks Death Penalty’s Return
Following the kidnapping and murder of two young girls, an Iowa lawmaker wants to bring back the state’s long-abolished death penalty.
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Report: Death Penalty Becoming “Irrelevant”
This year marked more decline in the usage of the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. more
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Supreme Court Considers Competency in Death Penalty Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments from Ohio and Arizona that federal judges should not be allowed to indefinitely stay a death sentence even if there are questions about an inmate’s mental competency.
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Pa. Supreme Court Spares Man From Execution
In a two-sentence order released hours before Terrance Williams’ originally scheduled death by lethal injection, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied the request of state prosecutors to go ahead with the execution, punishment for robbing and murdering a man who allegedly sexually abused Williams. more
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Pa. Board Denies Clemency For Death Row Inmate Allegedly Abused by Victim
The majority vote wasn’t enough to spare Terrance Williams from his pending execution. Now, his life depends upon a last-ditch court effort in court Thursday (September 19). The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons on Monday voted 3-2 to grant clemency to the convicted murderer who was allegedly sexually abused by his vi
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In Connecticut, Death Row Inmates Get Trial on Sentencing Fairness
Seven of Connecticut’s last 11 death row inmates are challenging their sentences, saying they were arbitrarily applied and based partly on race and geography. more
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Cost Concerns Lead California’s Death Penalty Repeal Debate
Opponents of California’s death penalty hope that highlighting the system’s $4 billion price tag will sway a majority of voters to repeal the death penalty this November. more
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Legislators Limit North Carolina’s Death Penalty Fairness Law
North Carolina’s “Racial Justice Act” was aimed at establishing fairness in capital cases. Critics complained that it obstructed justice rather than enhancing it. more
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Abolishing Capital Punishment Creates Death Row Dilemma
Several states are considering an end to execution. But they face a troubling question: what to do about the inmates already scheduled to die.
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North Carolina to Revisit Death Penalty Issue
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: A two-year old law allows defendants sentenced to death in North Carolina to appeal their sentences on grounds of racial bias. The legislature wants to repeal the law; the governor wants to keep it. more
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Infographic: Death Penalty Decline
Fewer people have been sentenced to die in 2011 than in any year since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. Many states that allow for use of the death penalty use it infrequently, if ever. more
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Connecticut Keeps Capital Punishment, for Now
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: A last-minute change of heart by two legislators in Connecticut means that the state is unlikely to repeal the death penalty this year. more
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Death Row Inmate Starts Organ Debate
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: A prisoner awaiting execution in Oregon wants to be able to donate his organs after he dies … New Jersey's first lady works to end criminal recidivism … Connecticut's new governor comes out in favor of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, and other public safety news. more
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Quinn Abolishes Death Penalty in Illinois
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: Governor Pat Quinn makes Illinois just the third state in modern history to repeal capital punishment…Some low-risk prison inmates cost California taxpayers $800,000 a year…A bipartisan prison reform package finds success in Kentucky, and other public safety news. more
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Rendell Proposal: Allow Prisoners to Care for Dogs
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: Pennsylvania's former governor plans a statewide initiative to pair stray dogs with prisoners … Arizona weighs upping corrections spending even as it dramatically slashes funding elsewhere … Michigan considers allowing guns in hospitals, casinos and stadiums, and other public safety news. more
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Big States Staring at Big Corrections Cuts
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: California and Texas consider major changes to their prison systems … Illinois could join New Mexico and New Jersey as the only states to repeal the death penalty legislatively … the Massachusetts parole board resigns, and other public safety news. more
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Illinois Legislators May Repeal Death Penalty
TODAY'S TAKE: Illinois could become the third state in the last four years to legislatively abolish the death penalty after the state House narrowly approved the measure on Thursday (January 6). It now goes to the Senate for consideration. more