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Michael Tanzi’s lawyer claims his execution would violate the Constitution.
Brad Sigmon is the fourth person to be executed by firing squad since 1976, and the first in South Carolina.
Richard Glossip has spent 25 years on death row after being convicted of commissioning a motel owner’s murder.
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The provision is expected to face legal challenges.
Human rights experts praised Biden’s decision to commute death-row sentences—which baffled death penalty hawk Trump.
The president commuted the death sentence for 37 out of 40 murderers.
The president is clearing out death row weeks before leaving the White House.
Luigi Mangione’s attorney says the rare move could have troubling repercussions.
Harris’ record of opposing the death penalty began 15 years ago, when she vowed to “never charge the death penalty” as San Francisco’s district attorney.
The same prosecutor’s office who convicted Marcellus Williams of murder now says that evidence clears the 55-year-old’s name. His victim’s family agrees.
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