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Crime & Justice

Commentary: Why Support For The Death Penalty Is Higher Among White Americans

Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence of the death penalty.In the U.S., the death penalty is…
Judge Blocks Justice Department's Plan To Resume Federal Executions

Colin Dwyer

Executions had been set to resume next month after a 16-year pause. A federal judge halted the sentences as inmates challenge the government's lethal injection protocol.
Texas

All Eyes On Texas Governor As Calls Grow To Halt Rodney Reed's Execution

Paul J. Weber | The Associated Press

In his five years as Texas' governor, Republican Greg Abbott has overseen the execution of nearly 50 prisoners while only once sparing a condemned man's…
Crime & Justice

Houston Man Executed For Double-Murder in 1993

Nathan Bernier

A Houston man was executed tonight for murdering two people in 1993. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says the execution drug pentobarbital was…