death penalty
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Maher said the two high-profile controversies have distracted the conversation around the death penalty away from the fundamental question of whether the US should use capital punishment in the first place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
Could the US death penalty ever die out?
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
She was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in 1972.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
In 2005, the Court recognized that differences between children and adults required that kids be shielded from the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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