death penalty
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death penalties
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"Christa Pike was sentenced to death more than 30 years ago, at a time when support for the death penalty was much higher, we had more than 300 new death sentences every year," Maher said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
A critical climate case is on the docket and the justice’s record on the death penalty was on full display with the botched execution of Christa Pike; they discuss it all.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Maher said there has been "quite a bit of activity" in state legislatures to approve and reauthorise other methods of execution since Trump began expressing enthusiasm for the death penalty.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Even people who are resigned to the death penalty, who don’t have religious or other scruples about the death penalty, have real heartburn over this,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
I turned the other police misconduct cases over to other lawyers because my death penalty docket was so full.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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