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Roblox: Death penalty – can you survive it?

I tried out ROBLOX Death Penalty – a dark and intense experience unlike anything I’ve played on the platform. In this video, I walk through the gameplay, the moral choices it throws at you, and how it ...
Human Rights Watch

Burkina Faso Junta Restores Death Penalty

The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African country abolished the heinous practice. The last known judicial execution in ...
Cleveland.com

National campaign to end death penalty launches as Ohio lawmakers consider new execution method

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A coalition of more than 50 organizations on Wednesday announced the launch of a new campaign to end capital punishment nationwide. The move comes as Ohio lawmakers debate ...
The Forward

If Israel reinstates the death penalty, it will betray Jewish values — and Jewish history

The Knesset is considering a bill that would instate the death penalty as a punishment for convicted terrorists in Israel. Passing it would be an enormous mistake. Which means that if Israel violates ...
WRAL

New NC laws on death penalty, political discrimination and more begin Monday

Public safety reforms, new powers for the state auditor and new crimes tied to natural disaster recovery efforts are among the state laws going into effect Monday. Some earned near-unanimous support ...
WTAE-TV

Fayette County DA to seek death penalty in Renesmay Eutsey case

THE COURTHOUSE IN UNIONTOWN. 11 WITNESSES TOOK THE STAND ON FRIDAY IN UNIONTOWN, ALL DETAILING WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE DEATH OF NINE-YEAR-OLD. RENESMEE YUTZY. HER CARE COURTNEY YUTZY AND ...
Palm Beach Post

Florida's death penalty system is riddled with issues despite growing executions | Opinion

After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the U.S., there has been a sharp reversal. If all the scheduled executions are carried out, that would make 2025 the year with the ...
The Hill

Despite rise in executions this year, America’s death penalty has a bleak future

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...
The Diplomat

In Central Asia, Calls to Bring Back the Death Penalty Are Growing Louder

Central Asia’s path to abolishing the death penalty was gradual but firm. In Kyrgyzstan, a moratorium on executions was introduced in 1998 and renewed every year until the 2007 referendum that ...
Florida Today

Yay or nay? Where do you stand on the death penalty?

Florida has executed 16 people this year, the most of any state in the modern era. The article proposes life in prison without parole as a sufficient alternative to the death penalty. I argued earlier ...
Catholic News Agency

Tennessee Catholic bishops call for an end to the death penalty

Tennessee’s Catholic bishops issued a plea for mercy, calling for an immediate halt to the death penalty and its eventual abolition as the state prepares to execute Harold Wayne Nichols on Dec. 1.