death penalty
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A critical climate case is on the docket and the justice’s record on the death penalty was on full display with the botched execution of Christa Pike; they discuss it all.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Even people who are resigned to the death penalty, who don’t have religious or other scruples about the death penalty, have real heartburn over this,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Message to Italy: We don’t seek the death penalty for Lee Gilley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
There have been 1,683 executions in the US since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Centre, which is when the US Supreme Court re-instated the death penalty.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
I went back to law school with an intense desire to understand the laws and doctrines that sanctioned the death penalty and extreme punishments.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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