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Trump and Barr Use Last Days to Execute the Most Federal Prisoners Since WWII
The Trump administration has trampled over an array of barriers, both legal and practical, according to court records.
Trump Pardons Stone and Manafort as DOJ Proceeds With Executions
President Donald Trump late Wednesday issued another wave of pardons for his wealthy political and personal allies.
The Trump Administration Has Gone on an Underreported Execution Spree
Under Trump, the U.S. has restarted federal executions and reinstated the use of the electric chair and firing squads.
Trump Moves to Expand Ways to Kill Prisoners — Including Firing Squads
This comes as the Trump administration has already executed eight people in the past five months.
The DOJ Has No Reason to Execute the Federally Incarcerated During a Pandemic
The federal government is now killing prisoners after a 17-year hiatus on federal executions.
DOJ Conducts First Execution Since 2003 Just Hours After Supreme Court Ruling
More than 2,600 individuals on death row have been exonerated since 1989.
Trump DOJ Worked Secretly to Obtain Drugs to Resume Federal Executions
For the last three years, the Department of Justice has been quietly building a supply chain of execution drugs.
With His Execution Blocked, Rodney Reed Has a Chance to Prove Innocence
In 1998, an all-white jury sentenced Reed to die for the murder of Stacey Stites.
Ayanna Pressley Unveils Plan to Incentivize Reductions in Prison Population
The proposal also calls for governments to abolish cash bail.
Uganda Official Threatens to Try to Resurrect Death Penalty for Homosexuality
The legacy of British imperial rule and American evangelizing have combined to create a climate of rampant homophobia.