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Oct 13

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2 reasons why Boston Marathon bomber case is being heard in the Supreme Court

By John Yang, Alex D'Elia

With all nine justices back in the courtroom Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence, eight years after the attack. John Yang reports.

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May 17

New law in South Carolina makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad

By Associated Press

South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size in putting inmates to death. But a lack of lethal injection drugs brought executions to a halt.

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Feb 22

Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty

By Denise Lavoie, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

Virginia's Democratic majority pushed the repeal effort, arguing that the death penalty has been applied disproportionately to people of color, the mentally ill and the indigent.

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Feb 17

AP report: Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

An Associated Press review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

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Jan 12

Female inmate’s execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID-19

By Michael Tarm, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

The U.S. government's plans to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades are on hold, and two other executions this week have been canceled because the inmates tested positive for COVID-19.

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Dec 11

Trump administration plans 2nd execution in as many days

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

The series of executions after Election Day, the first in late November, is the first time in over 130 years where federal executions have occurred during a lame-duck period.

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Dec 07

Trump quickens pace of federal executions before Biden inauguration

By Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr defended the extension of executions into the post-election period, saying he’ll likely schedule more before he departs the Justice Department.

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Aug 24

California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

The California Supreme Court has overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife but upheld his 2004 murder conviction.

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Aug 20

AP Exclusive: Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber

By Michael Balsamo, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr says the Justice Department will seek to reinstate the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

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Aug 04

Prospect of a second Boston Marathon bomber trial brings anguish

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

An an appeals court ruling ordering a new trial to decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death may once again force this community to relive the nightmare of April 15, 2013.

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