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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
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Death Penalty in 2024: Historic Lows and Rising Concerns
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center has reported the use of the death penalty in the United States remained ...
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Mother of murderer urges Gov. Whitmer to rescue son from Alabama’s death penalty
Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas was the last state with the death penalty to do so, according to the coalition’s 2024 report. “That has given prosecutors and juries more discretion in terms of how they handle capital ...
‘Monster’ Hollywood producer accused of murdering model, friend and dumping bodies outside hospitals ‘needs’ death penalty: family
The heartbroken mom called the hearings “surreal” after waiting several months to travel to LA from her home in Alabama to ...
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...