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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
Why new Attorney General Pam Bondi is going all in on the federal death penalty
Elections have consequences, so the slogan goes. One of those consequences was on full display Feb. 5, in the minutes after ...
Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...
DOJ memo targets undocumented immigrants with death penalty, but only for capital crimes
A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...
Catholic News Agency8d
Does the death penalty deter crime?
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous ...
Florida lawmakers push for death penalty for some convicted undocumented immigrants
The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.
Marin Independent Journal5d
Another View: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
Younger generations’ exposure to America’s death penalty has come at a time when, as Gallup noted, “many states had moratoriums on the death penalty or repealed laws that allowed capital ...
Los Angeles Times26d
Opinion: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...
The Times (Shreveport) on MSN7d
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry poised to resume death penalty executions
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death ...
KTHV8d
No, a Feb. 5 DOJ memo does not authorize the death penalty solely for being an undocumented immigrant
No, the Attorney General did not authorize the death penalty for immigrants solely for being undocumented. The memo only directs federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against ...
MyNorthwest.com7d
Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
The death penalty for child rape or sexual assault is ... damage wrought upon the coastline by the Palisades Fire. The water line was darkened by ash. Burnt remnants of washing machines and ...