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Four Executions in Three Days Spotlight Constitutional Concerns About Death Penalty
Death Penalty Information Center By Leah Roemer, March 24, 2025 In a three-day span from March 18 to March 20, four men were executed in four different states. Two of the men put to death, in Louisiana and Arizona, were the […]
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Former U.S. Judge Andy Lester Calls on Oklahoma to Implement Reforms to “Badly Broken” Capital Punishment System Before Continuing Executions
By Death Penalty Information Center – Sept. 27, 2024 “From start to finish, it is so badly broken that we cannot know whether someone who has been condemned to death is actually deserving of the ultimate penalty,” wrote former U.S. […]
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Oklahoma, Alabama Executions Raise Concerns About Clemency Process and Execution Methods
Death Penalty Information Center– Sept. 26, 2024 Executions in Oklahoma and Alabama, scheduled just hours apart on September 26, highlight issues of proportional sentencing and experimental methods of execution. Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was executed at 10:17am CT, had received a recommendation […]
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