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1. deathpenaltyinfo.org › state-and-federal-infoCase Summaries for Modern Federal Death Sentences

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   Kenneth Lighty — Black. On Nov. 10, 2005, a federal jury in Maryland recommended a death sentence for Lighty for the kidnapping and murder of Eric Hayes (black), an alleged PCP dealer and son of a D.C. police lieutenant, in 2001. The kidnapping occurred in Washington, DC and the murder was committed in Maryland.

2. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-55642177Lisa Montgomery: US executes only woman on federal death row

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   Jan 13, 2021 · Reuters. Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death in 2007. Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at...

3. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleSentenced to death, but innocent: These are stories of ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · In 2020, 17 people were executed in the U.S., 10 by the federal government. It was the first time more prisoners were executed by the federal government than by all of the states combined. KWAME...

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   How many jurors recommended the death penalty?

   • The trial court sentenced Michael Dale Iervolino to death after 10 jurors — the statutory minimum for a death sentence — recommended the death penalty. The juries in the other two cases with jury recommendations each had a single juror vote for life. In Nebraska, Aubrey Trail was sentenced to death under the state’s three-judge sentencing statute.

   Year End Report - Death Penalty Information Center

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   What is the death penalty information center?

   • The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with information and analysis on capital punishment. The Center provides in-depth reports, conducts briefings for journalists, promotes informed discussion, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue.

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   Was the death penalty a step towards racial justice?

   • As the state grappled with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, and the 70 th anniversary of seven wrongful executions, the governor and legislative leaders came to see the end of the death penalty as a crucial step towards racial justice.

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   Do people support the death penalty?

   • Support for capital punishment has declined 26 percentage points from the high of 80% reported in Gallup’s September 1994 crime survey. Forty-three percent of respondents told Gallup that they were opposed to the death penalty as a punishment for murder, matching the responses reported in the 2020 death penalty poll.

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6. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpicThe Death Penalty in 2021 : Year End Report

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   Dec 16, 2021 · Death penalty cases in 2021 revealed the potentially transformative impact of Justice Kennedy’s retirement and Justice Ginsburg’s death, contributing to a crisis of legitimacy; The newly constituted Court demonstrates active hostility to death penalty cases, denying or lifting every stay of execution requested on other than religious grounds

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7. deathpenaltyinfo.org › stories › united-statesUnited States Supreme Court Decisions: 2023-2024 Term | Death ...

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   United States Supreme Court Decisions: 2023-2024 Term | Death Penalty Information Center. United States Supreme Court Decisions: 2023 – 2024 Term. Grants of Review with Summary Dispositions. Ovante v. Arizona, No. 22-7229.

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9. www.cnn.com › 2021/03/21 › politicsThey were innocent and on death row. The exonerated want to ...

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   Mar 21, 2021 · A recent study by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) revealed that in two-thirds of overturned death row convictions, official misconduct, perjury or false accusations played a role in...

10. www.nytimes.com › texas-nurse-death-penaltyTexas Nurse Sentenced to Death for Fatally Injecting 4 Heart ...

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    Oct 28, 2021 · Oct. 28, 2021. A former Texas nurse was sentenced to death this week for injecting air into the arteries of four patients recovering from heart surgery, causing fatal brain damage, a court...