Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For Charleston Church Shooter…

South Carolina will seek the death penalty for suspected Mother Emanuel AME church shooter Dylann Roof. The federal case against…
09.04.15
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Supreme Court To Rule On Texas Campus Affirmative…

If last week wasn’t big enough with historic rulings on Obamacare and same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court made two more…
06.29.15
FBI Release Images Of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects
Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced To Death

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three (including an 8-year-old boy)…
05.15.15
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News Roundup: Bill O’Reilly Says Riots Have Set…

Parts of Baltimore have been in despair for decades, however this week’s riots may have set the area back. Yesterday, Fox…
04.30.15
Oklahoma Gov Introduces Yet Another Death Penalty Method…

Though the state of Oklahoma’s executions are under currently review by the Supreme Court (and Attorney General Eric Holder advocates a…
04.18.15
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Exonerated Man Denied Restitution After 30 Years On…

Glenn Ford was freed last year after serving 30 years on Louisiana’s death row for a crime he didn’t commit.…
03.31.15
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So This Is Happening: Utah Reinstates Firing Squad…

The state of Utah just reinstated execution by firing squads by way of a bill signed Monday, CNN reports. Gov.…
03.24.15
Supreme Court To Review Method Used In Botched…

On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by 3 men on Oklahoma’s death row. They…
01.23.15
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Bianca Richardson Tanner’s Boyfriend May Face Death Penalty…

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing…
10.15.14
[Watch] Convicted Murderer Dares Judge To Give Him…

  James Herard, 25, was convicted by a Fort Lauderdale jury in May of murdering two people. The jury recommended a death sentence.…
09.15.14
NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Should There Be A…

Podcast: Download Two North Carolina men were exonerated for a brutal murder 30 years ago. One was on death row.…
06.19.19
Should We End the Death Penalty?

Monday on “NewsOne Now,” guest host TJ Holmes and the panel debated the death penalty on the heels of the…
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Supreme Court To Review Case Of Mentally Challenged…

On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it will oversee a Florida death row case involving a mentally challenged man who…
06.19.19
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Maryland Lawmakers Vote To Abolish Death Penalty

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure abolishing the death penalty on Friday, and the bill is expected to…
06.19.19
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Maryland Senate Repeals the Death Penalty: The House…

One of the nation’s oldest civil rights groups is optimistic that Maryland is a step closer to repealing the death…
06.19.19
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mumia Abu-Jamal

Before Troy Davis became known to the country and later the world, Mumia Abu-Jamal gained international support after  he was…
06.19.19
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UPDATED: George Stinney Jr: The Youngest Person Ever…

UPDATED (December 17, 2014): Seventy years after 14-year-old George Stinney became the youngest person in American history to be executed,…
06.19.19
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The Death Penalty: The Numbers Up Close State…

In the wake of several high-profile capital punishment cases, the death penalty is once again becoming a hot button political…
06.19.19
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Sharpton: “Time For Feds And Not States To…

Rev. Al Sharpton will call upon the U.S. Justice Department to take the lead in capital punishment cases across the…
06.19.19
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