death penalty
Americannoun
noun
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Gregg, Mandery writes, “created the bedrock principles of modern death penalty jurisprudence: that a non-arbitrary death penalty satisfies the Constitution and that the requirement of non-arbitrariness could be satisfied by Georgia’s approach.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Multiple Zizian trials are pending, with federal prosecutors seeking the death penalty in one case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern break down the Broadview Six dismissal and the Supreme Court’s surprising punt in a major death penalty case.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
The US government is seeking the death penalty for the suspect charged with killing two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC last year.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
California voters also came very close to banning the death penalty; the ballot initiative lost by only a couple of percentage points.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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