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Supreme Court Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Penalty Sentence
A circuit court ruling in 2020 noted several evidentiary and jury selection issues during Tsarnaev's sentencing.

The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men
Donald Grant and Matthew Reeves were executed after failing to “choose” their own method of death, activists say.

It’s Time for Biden to Fulfill His Pledge to End the Federal Death Penalty
Aside from a 2021 moratorium on federal executions, the Biden administration hasn’t taken any steps to end the practice.

I Survived Death Row, But I’ll Never Escape It
During my 13 years on death row, I saw 12 people executed at the hands of the state. I can’t describe the horror I felt.

Advocates Demand Stay of Execution for Julius Jones in Oklahoma
Advocates in Oklahoma are rallying outside the barricaded governor’s mansion ahead of the planned Thursday execution.

A Decade After the Execution of Troy Davis, 24 States Still Use Death Penalty
11 of the 13 states in the South still have the death penalty on the books despite declining national support.

DOJ Suspends Federal Executions — But Activists Say Biden Should Go Further
The moratorium on federal executions doesn't end the death penalty, which Biden campaigned on doing in 2020.

Ayanna Pressley Calls Out Biden’s DOJ for Moving to Reinstate the Death Penalty
The representative sharply criticized the death penalty, calling it “state-sanctioned murder.”

South Carolina Can Now Execute People on Death Row by Firing Squad
Opponents of the new law decried it, saying the death penalty should be banned outright given its racist history.

South Carolina Poised to Be Fourth State to Allow Death Penalty by Firing Squad
The state has 37 people on death row. Three are out of appeals and in line to be executed.