capital punishment

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The court has labeled capital punishment cases only since the October 2017 term.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

During his 28-year tenure, he voiced strong liberal positions on such issues as capital punishment and educational opportunities for minorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

She spoke of one audience member, a relative of someone who was murdered, who became more open to a debate about the merits of capital punishment after seeing the opera.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Nowhere has this been more clearly on display than in the world of capital punishment.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

So even in a death penalty advocate’s best-case scenario, capital punishment could explain only one twenty-fifth of the drop in homicides in the 1990s.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt