capital punishment
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Nathan Hochman has not said when prosecutors will make a decision about seeking capital punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The Justice Department also reauthorized single-drug lethal injections in an effort to expedite capital punishment cases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Nowhere has this been more clearly on display than in the world of capital punishment.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
Opponents of capital punishment have rejected it on religious, ethical and legal grounds arguing it goes against Jewish law, violates the right to life and brings a risk of executing innocent people.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
Even though capital punishment quadrupled within a decade, there were still only 478 executions in the entire United States during the 1990s.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
