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The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine
Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection proves there is no humane form of execution.
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The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine
Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection proves there is no humane form of execution.
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Marshall Project finds the modern death penalty still broken after 50 years
A new analysis of more than 9,000 death sentences since Gregg v. Georgia shows the same problems remain: racial disparities, arbitrary outcomes, decades of delay, and innocence risk.
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Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act introduced as H.R. 8940
The House bill would end federal death sentences and require resentencing for people already on federal death row.
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Ohio governor urges end to death penalty
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine urged lawmakers to abolish the death penalty, saying it is not a deterrent to murder and can no longer be morally justified.
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