capital punishment
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The Justice Department also reauthorized single-drug lethal injections in an effort to expedite capital punishment cases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Nowhere has this been more clearly on display than in the world of capital punishment.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
Opponents of capital punishment have rejected it on religious, ethical and legal grounds arguing it goes against Jewish law, violates the right to life and brings a risk of executing innocent people.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
Mexico has abolished capital punishment and routinely seeks U.S. guarantees that any suspects extradited or otherwise sent to the United States will not face the death penalty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
So it wasn’t capital punishment that drove crime down, nor was it the booming economy.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
