Death Penalty Abolition News
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U.S. Death Penalty Support Lowest in More Than 40 Years
Sixty percent of Americans say they favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, the lowest level of support Gallup has measured since November 1972, when 57% were in favor. Death penalty support peaked at 80% in 1994, but it has […]
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11th World Day Against the Death Penalty – 10-10-13
World Day Against the Death Penalty was launched in 2003 by the Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and has been held on 10 October every year since then. The day is a focus for international action against capital punishment, with […]
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Death penalty falling, but not in Oklahoma
By Dan Holtmeyer Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — States use the death penalty less and less often across the country, and some have even dropped it altogether, but Oklahoma likely won’t join the ranks of those that have outright abolished […]
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