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DeSantis accused of playing politics as Florida shatters executions record https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/florida-death-penalty-ron-desantis #Capitalpunishment #RonDeSantis #Florida #USnews

DeSantis accused of playing politics as Florida shatters executions record

The state has killed 15 people this year with two more scheduled this month as death penalty in decline across US

The Guardian

News Beep Oct 28

Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson can wear street clothes in court

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie K…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/213191/

Nonilex Oct 27

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The Next Golden Age of the #DeathPenalty Is Beginning

#Trump & the #Republican Party are bringing #CapitalPunishment back to the forefront of American #criminal justice.

#law #US
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/death-penalty-golden-age-trump/684691/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxUVtWoT14LPwwRDqhowRGMc

Donald Trump Dreams of More Executions

The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

The Atlantic

cathill Oct 27

Would Darth Vader have faced capital punishment if he were captured alive by the rebellion after the fall of the Galactic Empire?
#starwars #darthvader #justice #treason #galacticempire #capitalpunishment #deathsentence #anakinskywalker #serialkillers #warcriminals #jedi #traitors

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Flipboard News Desk Oct 24

Update: "I didn't kill anybody, I didn't participate in killing anybody," said Anthony Boyd yesterday, just before he was executed in Alabama. "I just want everyone to know, there is no justice in this state." Here's more from @USAToday. At the second link, find Lauren Gill's reporting for @bolts.

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#Alabama #AnthonyBoyd #USLaw #JusticeSystem #CapitalPunishment

Alabama executes killer with nitrogen gas amid objections over 'gratuitous suffering'

Anthony Todd Boyd was executed on Thursday for the 1993 murder of a man who was burned alive in an Alabama baseball field over a $200 cocaine debt.

USA TODAY

US news | The Guardian Oct 24

Tennessee man’s heart still active nearly two minutes after execution, lawyer says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/tennessee-execution-byron-black-cardiac-activity #Capitalpunishment #Tennessee #USnews

Tennessee man’s heart still active nearly two minutes after execution, lawyer says

Allegation raises further questions about death of Byron Black in execution lawyer says was ‘100% botched’

The Guardian

Pax Ahimsa Gethen Oct 23

Anthony Boyd was sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury verdict, with no forensic evidence tying him to the crime. After 30 years on death row, he is set to be gassed tonight in #Alabama.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas-anthony-boyd

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