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October 30, 2015
Why is Hillary So Eager to Leave Big Issues in State Hands?
This is a problem, particularly because state governments are overwhelmingly Republican
September 24, 2015
Highlights From Pope Francis's Address to Congress
June 29, 2015
The Supreme Court Just Approved a Lethal Injection Drug that No One Understands
June 29, 2015
Capital Punishment Is Hard to Abolish. Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty Battle Shows Why.
June 29, 2015
Justice Samuel Alito: Death Is Often Painful, So Why Shouldn't Lethal Injection Be?
May 1, 2015
“Welcome to Indonesia, Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers!”
Why the country's new president is executing more foreigners, despite international outrage
April 29, 2015
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Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
April 27, 2015
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sentencing Is Putting Everyone Through Hell
April 24, 2015
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Crimes Were Terrible, But Morality Has Nothing to Do With It
April 9, 2015
Don't Make Dzhokhar Tsarnaev a Martyr
March 26, 2015
A California Lawyer Wants to Put Gays to Death. Why Isn't the Attorney General Ignoring Him?
Kamala Harris's response is only making matters worse
March 25, 2015
There Is No Such Thing as a Humane Execution
Utah is bringing back the firing squad—but we should be debating the death penalty itself
March 6, 2015
The Catholic Church Opposes the Death Penalty. Why Don't White Catholics?
January 15, 2015
Do Veterans With PTSD Really Belong on Death Row?
October 31, 2014
Colorado's Governor's Race Could Come Down to the Death Penalty
September 4, 2014
Antonin Scalia Used This Wrongful Conviction to Defend the Death Penalty
July 24, 2014
2014 Is Already the Worst Year in the History of Lethal Injection
Another day, another problematic execution
May 29, 2014
Photos from a Botched Lethal Injection
An exclusive look at what happens when an execution goes badly
May 28, 2014
IQ Scores Shouldn't Be A Matter of Life or Death
May 28, 2014
The Supreme Court's Empty Defense of the Intellectually Disabled
States ignored a prior ruling outlawing executions—and the justices let them get away with it

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