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 Court had in prior decades issued many emergency orders in election and capital punishment cases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She spoke of one audience member, a relative of someone who was murdered, who became more open to a debate about the merits of capital punishment after seeing the opera.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 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

As early as 1682, William Penn’s colonial government experimented with incarceration as an alternative to corporal and capital punishment.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover