capital punishment
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Those comments have reassured anti-death penalty advocates wary of Becerra, who has stated throughout his career that capital punishment should be an option for victims seeking justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We used to do a lot of work in the capital punishment area because that was the area where justice and the sentences were under the greatest attack,” said Kent Scheidegger, the group’s legal director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Japan and the United States are the only G7 countries that still impose capital punishment, with death row prisoners in Japan typically being notified of their hanging just a few hours in advance.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the world of capital punishment, Burton is not alone in coming under suspicion.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 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
