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December 19, 2023 | 1:09 PM

Former Pennsylvania death row inmate freed after prosecutors drop charges before start of retrial

By The Associated Press
October 31, 2023 | 4:03 PM

Pa. moves legislation to end death penalty

By Ben Wasserstein/WITF
April 13, 2023 | 10:11 AM

Death penalty looms over Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

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Updated: 2023-02-16 17:00:00

Pennsylvania governor blocks death penalty, calls for repeal

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
July 2, 2021 | 7:58 AM

The Justice Department is pausing federal executions after they resumed under Trump

In a memo to the Justice Department, Garland justified his decision to halt the deeply controversial practice, citing factors including its capricious application and outsized impact on people of color.
By Alana Wise/NPR
December 30, 2020 | 7:57 AM

‘End this cruelty’: Progressives call on Biden to work to stop executions

After nearly two decades without a federal execution, the Trump administration resumed the practice earlier this year. The executions, including ones scheduled to take place just days before Biden's inauguration, have prompted criticism of the Trump administration's actions.
By Juana Summers/NPR
December 10, 2020 | 8:36 AM

Federal executions pit the Trump administration against the Catholic church

For the ninth time in six months, the Trump administration is preparing to put a federal prisoner to death.
By Tom Gjelten/NPR
July 14, 2020 | 9:06 AM

Federal government executes 1st prisoner in 17 years after overnight court rulings

By Carrie Johnson/NPR
July 13, 2020 | 12:22 PM

Judge orders halt to federal executions that were set to resume this week

A federal judge in Washington has blocked federal executions scheduled for this week, citing concerns that the lethal injection protocol involved is “very likely to cause extreme pain and needless suffering.”

By Carrie Johnson/NPR
June 29, 2020 | 4:45 PM

Supreme Court clears way for federal executions to resume

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the federal death penalty method.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR
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