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Have you subscribed to the Graphic Dead Man Walking newsletter? The latest edition pays homage to effrontery. graphicdeadmanwalking.substa…
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When I got a call from the White House that the president was going to commute 37 death sentences, I thought of the 37 mothers who were just given the best Christmas gift imaginable. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | This ‘divine right of kings’ has no place in our democracy

After President Joe Biden commuted 37 death sentences, readers discuss capital punishment and pardons.

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New bill would end death penalty in Ohio, but include ban on state-funded abortion. dispatch.com/story/news/poli… @DispatchAlerts @haleybemiller @OhStopExecution @ohiojpc

Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too

Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and assisted suicide.

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The podcast is more than an hour and the bulk of it unpacks "Trump's Onslaught of Executive Orders." But at approximately the 1:12:00 mark, the hosts "share some rare but real good Supreme Court news" involving the decision in Brenda Andrew's case. @OKCADP #Oklahoma #deathpenalty
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Oklahoma lawmakers will weigh death penalty moratorium, jail reforms @KOSU | By Sierra Pfeifer kosu.org/politics/2025-01-29…

Oklahoma lawmakers will weigh death penalty moratorium, jail reforms

Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death penalty.

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Idaho House Judiciary Committee approves bill to make firing squad primary execution method. idahonews.com/news/local/ida… @CBS2Boise #deathpenalty

Idaho moves to make firing squad primary execution method

Representative Skaug presented legislation in the judiciary committee on Tuesday that would turn the firing squad into Idaho's primary form of execution.The fir

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Catholic leaders condemn Trump’s order to expand use of death penalty. osvnews.com/catholic-leaders… @OSVNews @kgscanlon @USCCB @Pontifex @CMNEndtheDP @KrisanneVMurphy

Catholic leaders condemn Trump’s order to expand use of death penalty

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to…

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Trump’s New Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details. The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say. themarshallproject.org/2025/… @MarshallProj @shannon_h @MauriceChammah

Donald Trump’s New Executive Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details

The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say.

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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency.” The Texas decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low. texastribune.org/2025/01/22/… @TexasTribune @a_y_denrunnels @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG #deathpenalty

Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency” - The Texas Tribune

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

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Idaho bill proposes firing squad as state’s primary execution method. amp.idahostatesman.com/news/… @IdahoStatesman @kfixler #deathpenalty
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New Death Penalty Policy Project (DP3) study — After 1,600 Executions, the Public and Police are Safer in States with No Death Penalty. dppolicy.substack.com/p/dp3-… @8thAmendmentPro @DeathPenaltyRep @ACLU @eji_org @southerncenter @NAACP_LDF @CCATDP @WCADP @fjp_org
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Execution date set for Oklahoma confessed killer Wendell Arden Grissom via @theoklahoman_ By Nolan Clay oklahoman.com/story/news/202…

Execution date set for Oklahoma confessed killer Wendell Arden Grissom

Wendell Grissom admitted to a 2005 fatal shooting, saying in his confession, "I don’t know what made me do what I did."

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Texas Lawmakers’ Unusual Attempt to Halt the Execution of a Possibly Innocent Man  | @StateCourtRpt By Quinn Yeargain statecourtreport.org/our-wor…

Texas Lawmakers’ Unusual Attempt to Halt the Execution of a Possibly Innocent Man

The state high court held that the Texas legislature’s use of its subpoena power to delay an execution violated separation-of-powers principles.

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Outgoing N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commutes 15 death row sentences : NPR   By The Associated Press npr.org/2024/12/31/g-s1-4066…

Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.

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As Oklahoma Executions Continue, New Death Sentences Grow Rare - @OklahomaWatch  by Keaton Ross oklahomawatch.org/2024/12/27…

As Oklahoma Executions Continue, New Death Sentences Grow Rare - Oklahoma Watch

No Oklahoma court has imposed a death sentence since May 2022, the longest stretch in decades

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Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office By Sam Fossum, CNN cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/…

Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office | CNN...

President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars — a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution...

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We encourage everyone to CALL President Biden and ask him to commute the 40 men on federal death row before he leaves office. Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 President Biden: Commute the Row | American Civil Liberties Union aclu.org/campaigns-initiativ…
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We just got the call for Kevin Underwood’s time of death at 10:14. He was executed for the murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin. @koconews
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