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"Opinion: We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it.," by Robert Bentley and Don Siegelman, Washington Post, May 23, 2023
"Appeals court says Alabama can’t execute intellectually disabled inmate," Associated Press, May 19, 2023
"Virginia hid execution files from the public. Here's what they don't want you to see," by Chiara Eisner, https://www.npr.org/2023/05/11/1174343605/virginia-hid-execution-files-from-the-public-heres-what-they-dont-want-you-to-se, May 11, 2023
"Missouri man’s execution should be stopped because juror could not read, lawyers say," by Katie Moore, The Kansas City Star, May 08, 2023
"Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma," by Mark Sherman and Sean Murphy, Associated Press, May 05, 2023
"Innocence question cuts at Glossip’s death penalty appeal," by Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, April 28, 2023
"How the Death Penalty Is Returning to Presidential Politics," by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project, April 22, 2023
"Justices Back Longer Clock For Post-Conviction DNA Tests," by Cara Salvatore, Law360, April 19, 2023
"Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction," by Sean Murphy and Ken Miller, AP News, April 20, 2023
"Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Law Setting Lowest Threshold for Death Penalty Sentences in the Country," by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, April 20, 2023
"U.S. Supreme Court rejects stay for Louis Gaskin; Florida execution set for Wednesday," by Frank Fernandez, Daytona Beach News-Journal, April 12, 2023
"Florida Senate OKs easier path to imposing death penalty," by Brendan Farrington, Associated Press, March 30, 2023
"Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad," by Joe Hernandez, NPR, March 26, 2023
"Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases," by Michael Tarm and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press, March 26, 2023
"Why executions by firing squad may be coming back in the US," by Michael Tarm, Associated Press, March 24, 2023
