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The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Read More »Supreme Court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
DeWolfe, Maryland’s chief public defender, will step down this summer
Paul B. DeWolfe, whose name will be forever linked to the right of Maryland defendants to have counsel at initial bail hearings, will step down on June 30 after more than 12 years as the state’s chief public defender. DeWolfe, ...
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Read More »Supreme Court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand
The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case about whether Texas must allow a chaplain to pray audibly and touch a prisoner during an execution.
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Read More »Supreme Court seem set to revive marathon bomber’s death sentence
The Supreme Court sounded ready Wednesday to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Read More »Black men executed over 1951 rape granted posthumous pardons
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons Tuesday to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman.
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Read More »Court upholds death sentence for Charleston church shooter
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.
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Read More »Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
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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Read More »Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
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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Read More »Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty
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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Read More »Some attorney bonuses will survive pandemic
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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