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Abolition
New Group Formed to Discuss Death Penalty in Japan; Aim to Make Proposals to Govt in Autumn
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A new group consisting mainly of lawmakers, former top investigators and family members of crime victims has been formed to discuss the nati...
California
California | Judge grants Scott Peterson status hearing after Innocence Project filings
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Less than two months after the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, a judge in San Mateo Cou...
Bible Belt
Why Oklahoma’s tough-on-crime lawmakers no longer trust death penalty
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Inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Phillip Hancock has eaten his final meal. Fried chicken from KFC, no sides. It’s the last day of Nov...
Child rapists
Florida | First person to face death penalty for child rape to serve life in prison
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Joseph Giampa was indicted for 6 counts of sexual battery in Lake CountyLAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man who was facing the death penalty in a chil...
Alabama
43 Alabama inmates may face nitrogen gas executions
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More than a quarter of all inmates currently on Alabama's death row have chosen nitrogen gas as their execution method, and those decisi...