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Richard Dieter: Bringing back death penalty wrong choice for WV (Opinion)
The West Virginia Legislature is moving a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the state, more than 65 years since ...
SC sets execution date for Mikal Mahdi, who killed Orangeburg police captain
Mikal Mahdi burned the body of Orangeburg County Deputy James Edward Myers after shooting him 9 times. The death row inmate ...
South Carolina schedules its fifth execution in seven months
The court postponed a potential sixth execution, that of Steven Bixby, who killed two police officers in an Abbeville County ...
Washington Monthly4d
Three Justices and a Fatal Mistake
Supreme Court Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it.
Times West Virginian4d
W.Va. Senate bill allows death penalty in cases of killing police, EMS
A bill advancing in the Senate would reinstate the death penalty in West Virginia for individuals who are sentenced for ...
The Herald-Dispatch3dOpinion
Editorial: No need to bring death penalty back to WV
The West Virginia Legislature is again considering proposals to restore the death penalty. This time it is aimed at people ...
K.W. Lee, ‘godfather of Asian-American journalism’ who fearlessly challenged power, dies at 96
Over six years and more than 100 articles at the Union, K.W. Lee chipped away at the weak evidence and shoddy defense that ...
The Register-Herald4d
Lawmakers take first step to bring death penalty back in a state with history of wrongful convictions
With little debate, a Senate committee gave the first stamp of approval to bringing back the death penalty. It could cost ...
US awaits 12 executions in 6 states in 2025 execution wave
If all executions scheduled through March 20 take place, nine people will have been executed in the first three months of the ...