Tag: death penalty

Above all, it makes miscarriages of justice irreversible.

The U.S. president commuted the sentences of 37 death row inmates on Monday. Donald Trump has railed against this clemency.

More [federal executions] were carried out under Donald Trump than any other president in the past century.

It is hard to understand how ... the most advanced country in the world has a system of justice that orders one person to kill another in the name of the law.

This is the seventh year in a row that the country has recorded fewer than 30 executions and 50 death sentences.

The history books are always ultimately our judge. But how many people must die before this savage practice is halted?

There are 2,500 people currently on death row across America – which would mean more than a century of executions.

This demonstrates the absolute hypocrisy of the conservative views that a portion of American society holds.

[A]bolishing the federal death penalty through a vote in Congress would be the best way to ensure no new president authorizes executions again.

Some 115 people remain on death row in the conservative state of Arizona. Many states are now pulling back from executing people by lethal injection ... But the use of Zyklon B makes one wince.

According to a Gallup poll conducted in late 2019, 60% of Americans favor a life sentence without the possibility of parole over the death penalty.