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Tag: death penalty

Posted inNation

Firing squads could return as states debate the death penalty

Avatar photo by Pew Stateline March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

Since 1976, there have been 1,565 executions in the United States, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Posted inOpinion Contributor

Other states should follow Virginia’s lead on ending executions

Avatar photo by Tribune Content Agency February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
Posted inNational Politics

As Maryland man is put to death, unprecedented string of Trump-era federal executions ends

Avatar photo by Tribune Content Agency January 17, 2021January 17, 2021
Posted inNation

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

Avatar photo by The Associated Press January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
Posted inNation

Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber

Avatar photo by The Associated Press August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Posted inNational Politics

U.S. carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

Avatar photo by The Associated Press July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
Posted inNation, National Politics, News

Justice Department will execute inmates for first time since 2003

Avatar photo by The Associated Press July 25, 2019
Posted inNation, New England, News

New Hampshire repeals its death penalty

Avatar photo by The Associated Press May 30, 2019May 30, 2019
Posted inBDN Maine, Nation, News, Politics

Trump talks up combating opioids, yet funding cuts would blunt his plans

Avatar photo by The Associated Press March 19, 2018March 19, 2018
Posted inBDN Maine, Nation, News, Politics

Trump’s ‘death penalty’ tweets seen as unlikely to slow New York terror case

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor November 2, 2017
Posted inThe Point

7 things you should know about the death penalty

Avatar photo by Erin Rhoda April 26, 2015April 26, 2015

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