The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.

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Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, especially since an unprecedented spate of executions by his predecessor ended just days before Biden took office. Instead, ...

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Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment on Friday when the state House joined the Senate in voting to abolish the death penalty.

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Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the final performance of A Little Night Music‘s original broadway run. Here are some news items to start your week. — Some lawyers will receive bonuses despite economic hard times. — Vulnerable inmates ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Coker v. Georgia decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional for the crime of rape against an adult woman. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Legal ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 219th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ breaking in Thomas Jefferson’s favor an Electoral College tie for the presidency between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Here are some news items to get your week started: — Opioids ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The inmate’s request was a surprising one, made three days before he was to be executed in October 2018: Edmund Zagorski told the state of Tennessee he’d rather die in the electric chair than receive a lethal ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will execute federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003, the Justice Department announced Thursday, bringing back a seldom-used punishment pushed by President Donald Trump and escalating another divisive issue ahead of the ...

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Thirty years ago, the attorney for a missing Baltimore baby argued for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would force the mother to reveal the youngster’s whereabouts despite her asserted constitutional right against self-incrimination. Mitchell Y. Mirviss said Thursday that ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 89th anniversary of Black Tuesday. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Justice Department splits with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over transgender bias. — Did a conference over cold cuts violate Wisconsin’s ...

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