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"As Governor, I alone bear responsibility for this decision and its impact, just as I alone would bear responsibility for each execution," he wrote.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

It comes in the wake of Christa Pike’s failed execution and at a time when capital punishment is very much on the minds of many Americans.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

For Fervo, execution will be key, with Wall Street watching its operational progress over the coming quarters, the analysts noted.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

In Guyana on Friday, he visited a site of execution of local people during British colonial rule, pausing to reflect in a gesture seen as indicating his awareness of that past injustice.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

There is a tradition on death row in Alabama that, at the time scheduled for the execution, the condemned prisoners bang on their cell doors with cups in protest.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

In a subsequent interview, the governor said his Catholic background and the inequities in the criminal justice system influenced his refusal to sign off on executions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The decision to formally pause executions drew support from the late Pope Francis during Newsom’s 2024 trip to the Vatican, according to the governor’s retelling of a brief conversation between the two men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

There have been 32 executions in the United States this year, all by lethal injection.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ms. Gibson documents the work of one critic, a businessman living near Newcastle named Ralph Gardner, who published denunciations of the 1649-50 witch trial in that city that resulted in 16 executions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

With the OAS clamoring about all the jailings and executions, Trujillo was not going to murder a defenseless woman and dig his own grave.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez