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"The race of victims weighs heavily in capital punishment decisions.," Death Penalty Information Center, April 09, 2026
"Three U.S. Supreme Court Justices Decry “Inexplicable” Texas Refusal to Test DNA in Rodney Reed Case," by Leah Roemer, Death Penalty Information Center, March 25, 2026
"Opinion: The Death Penalty’s Alarming and Secretive Comeback," by The Editorial Board, New York Times, March 13, 2026
"Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man whose accomplice fired fatal shot," by Kim Chandler, Associated Press, March 10, 2026
"WV Senate committee advances bill to reinstate death penalty," by Tyler West, Black by God, February 28, 2026
"Their Death Sentences Were Commuted by Biden. They Could Face Execution Again.," by Eduardo Medina, New York Times, December 22, 2025
"Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries," by Kate Payne, Associated Press, December 18, 2025
"How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide," by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project, December 15, 2025
"Executions nearly double in 2025 due to dramatic rise in Florida," by Juliana Kim, NPR, December 15, 2025
"Proposed Tennessee law would broaden death penalty eligibility in child rape cases," by Lexi Wilson, WKRN, December 13, 2025
"Supreme Court struggles over whether Alabama can execute man found to be intellectually disabled," by Mark Sherman and Kim Chandler, Associated Press, December 10, 2025
"How To Kill A Person: A Legal Battle Over Execution Methods," by Marco Poggio, Law360, November 14, 2025
"Could a Florida death penalty case reshape how U.S. handles child sex abuse?," by Shira Moolten, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, October 22, 2025
"Tennessee man’s heart still active nearly two minutes after execution, lawyer says," by Sam Levin, The Guardian, October 24, 2025
"Liberal justices slam Supreme Court approval of nitrogen gas execution in Alabama," by Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, October 23, 2025
