The death penalty in the US remains in decline during ‘the year of the botched execution,’ analysis finds | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — The use and imposition of the death penalty in America saw a continued decline in 2022 as polls showed public support for capital punishment stayed near historic lows, according to a year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center. While several factors have contributed to what the non-profit describes as the death penalty’s […]
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Alabama governor asks to pause executions and review system after recent lethal injections halted | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has asked the state’s attorney general to pause executions and requested a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system following multiple failed lethal injections. “Ivey on Monday asked Attorney General Steve Marshall to withdraw the state’s two pending motions to set execution dates in the cases of Alan […]
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Kenneth Smith: Alabama set to execute inmate whose jury voted 11-1 for life in prison | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — Alabama plans to execute on Thursday an inmate whose jury’s 11-1 vote for a life sentence was overridden by the trial judge who opted instead for the death penalty, a practice the state has since repealed. Kenneth Smith, convicted of capital murder for his role in the 1988 killing of Elizabeth Sennett, should […]
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Opinion: Supreme Court can’t treat us like mind readers | #elections | #alabama
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- September 27, 2022
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Editor’s Note: Steve Vladeck is a CNN legal analyst and a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He is the author of the upcoming book “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View […]
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