Inmates include man convicted of raping and stabbing a four-year-old girl.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 10:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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This ends a 17-year hiatus on federal capital punishment.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2020 @ 7:51 am
By: LifeZette
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Capital punishment - or the death penalty - originates from the Latin word capitalis, which literally translates to "regarding the head," referencing how capital crimes were originally punished by the severing of the head.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, Senator Floyd McKissick(D) from Durham County introduced the Racial Justice Act SB461. The act provides a process by which statistical evidence could be used to establish that race was the basis for seeking or obtaining the death penalty in any case.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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