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The U.S. Supreme Court in Atkins v. Virginia (2002) banned the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), but allowed each state to set guidelines for determining ...

For 2020, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty states was 7.3, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 4.7 For 2019, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty states ...

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A recent article by Associated Press journalist Michael Tarm reports new details about the thirteen federal executions that took place in 2019 – 2020, including last-minute clemency appeals for ...

A recent study by Professor Steven Shatz of the University of San Francisco Law School and Naomi Shatz of the New York Civil Liberties Union suggests that gender bias continues to exist in the ...

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether capital crimes by teenagers under 18 should get the death sentence; the case for leniency is based in part on brain studies. When he was 17 ...

The U.S. Army has set an execution date of December 3 for Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in a mass shooting on the Fort Hood military base in 2009. The announcement comes after ...

The Death Penalty Information Center has released a major new report on race and the U.S. death penalty, providing an in-depth look at the historical role race has played in the death penalty and ...

After spending more than three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Robert Melock was issued a Certificate of Innocence (COI), with a court formally clearing his name and ordering his ...

According to October 2025 polling produced by Gallup, public support for the death penalty has fallen to a five-decade low. Overall, Gallup found 52% of Americans in favor of the death penalty — down ...

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