death penalty
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They have also asked Judge Tony Graf to take the death penalty off the table.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Prosecutors seeking the death penalty in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk began laying out their evidence Monday as they push for a murder trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Father Hidalgo, the priest who raised the cry of independence in 1810, demanded that slave owners free the enslaved at once, “grant them the necessary freedom documents,” or risk the death penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The quicker, louder method may be more humane—and it may force us to confront what it means to keep the death penalty.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
We had won four reversals in death penalty cases in 1990, four more in 1991, and by the end of 1992, we'd won relief for another eight death row prisoners.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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