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Death Penalty
Op-Ed: Thoughts of Tookie Williams, executions, & other end-of-the-year contemplations
Seventeen years ago, Stanley Tookie Williams died on my birthday.
Nationwide, the death penalty continues to decline despite the former president’s execution spree
As WitnessLA readers know, last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland instituted a...
US Attorney General Merrick Garland places a moratorium on scheduling federal executions
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick...
As Biden Dumps For Profit Prisons With New Exec Order, 100 Criminal Justice Leaders — Including LA DA George Gascón & a List of Other Prosecutors — Urge POTUS to End Death Penalty
"Over the past year, we witnessed thirteen federal executions, all an assault on human dignity and...
Despite multiple Judicial Stays, On Tuesday Night the U.S. Supreme Court Cleared the Way for Lisa Montgomery to be Executed. She Died at 1:31 a.m. Eastern
When we last wrote about the case of Lisa Montgomery in a story published Monday night, we...