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Jan 13 2024
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Buffalo: US seeks death penalty for gunman in racist shooting
The US federal government is seeking the death penalty for a white gunman who killed 10 people in a racially-motivated 2022 shooting.
The US Department of Justice, in a Biden administration first, said capital punishment is warranted due to the shooting's effect on victims.
Payton Gendron, 20, was sentenced to life in prison last year for the Buffalo, New York, shooting.
BBC NewsJul 28 2020
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Should We Resume Capital Punishment Federally?
In July 2019, the U.S. Attorney General announced that the federal government would “resume capital punishment” by scheduling the execution of five federal prisoners on death row. While the executions were originally scheduled for December 2019 and January 2020, a legal battle delayed the execution process. These long litigation periods are quite common, with the average prisoner being held on
The ThreadJul 28 2020
Top Argument
Should We Resume Capital Punishment Federally?
In July 2019, the U.S. Attorney General announced that the federal government would “resume capital punishment” by scheduling the execution of five federal prisoners on death row. While the executions were originally scheduled for December 2019 and January 2020, a legal battle delayed the execution process. These long litigation periods are quite common, with the average prisoner being held on
The ThreadMar 27 2024
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Tennessee bill authorizing use of death penalty for child rapists moves 1 step closer to becoming law
A Tennessee bill that would authorize the death penalty as punishment for the rape of a child has moved forward following a heated debate during the Tennessee Senate Judiciary committee meeting on Tuesday. Senate Bill 1834 (SB1834), sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson, would allow the death penalty as a punishment for "rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated
Fox News (Online News)Jan 12 2024
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Feds Seek Death Penalty In 2022 Buffalo Mass Shooting
Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. Payton Gendron, 20, is already serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty to state charges of murder and hate-motivated domestic terrorism in the 2022 attack. New York does not have capital punishment,
JoeMyGodAug 13 2020
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Despite Federal Return, Capital Punishment Is Dying Out
The U.S. federal government recently ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in sixteen years and has scheduled the execution of five death row inmates. This policy change goes against the widespread trend toward fewer executions.
Twenty-one U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, have totally abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Seven of those states
Cato InstituteJan 29 2024
Opinion
Is the death penalty still legitimate in 2024?
“It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man,” Clint Eastwood’s character said in the 1992 Western Unforgiven. “You take away everything he’s got and everything he’s ever gonna have.” The statement, made with cold indifference by a hardened killer, underscores the stakes in putting someone to death.
Those stakes are not only born by individuals who take another’s life, either in murder or in
Washington ExaminerFeb 28 2024
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Creech on the precipice: A violent past leads to the death penalty
BOISE, Idaho — Thomas Creech, a convicted killer and mass murderer will be put to death by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on Wednesday February 28th. Idaho News 6 looks back on his violent past that has given way to more peaceful times in his golden years. • Creech is 73 years old and prison guards and fellow inmates who call him "Tom" say he is a peaceful man who they will miss. • Creech has
KIVI 6Oct 06 2023
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Kansas Man Charged With Capital Murder In Killing Of 5-Year-Old Could Face Death Penalty
Mickel Cherry, 25, was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters' efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. A 25-year-old man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters' efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital
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