death penalty

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Researchers observed 2,500 participants who wrote on several controversial topics including the death penalty, fracking and voting rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

But since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, only 86 individual clemencies have been granted—out of 1,659 executions.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Yoon, arguing that he had planned to declare martial law as much as a year in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

South Korea has not executed anyone on death row since December 1997, so even a death penalty for Yoon would, in effect, be life imprisonment.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Even in death penalty cases, the Court grants review only in a small percentage of the cases filed.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson