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"Biden under pressure to grant death row inmates clemency before Trump takes office," by Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, December 06, 2024
"Federal appeals court won’t block upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama," by Kim Chandler, Associated Press, November 18, 2024
"Support for death penalty falls to lowest level in decades: Gallup," by Ashley Soriano, The Hill, November 15, 2024
"Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can’t stop Robert Roberson execution," by Christina van Waasbergen, Courthouse News Service, November 15, 2024
"Texas Judge Finds Mother on Death Row Innocent in Daughter’s Death," By Rachel Nostrant, New York Times, November 16, 2024
"Calls mount for Biden to spare federal death row inmates before Trump retakes office," by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, November 14, 2024
"Supreme Court orders more review of Alabama’s request to execute inmate courts said is intellectually disabled," by John Fritze, CNN, November 04, 2024
"Justices refuse to stop execution of South Carolina inmate who says the jury was racially biased," by Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press, October 31, 2024
"Alabama executes Derrick Dearman for 2016 murders; 5th execution of 2024," by Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector, October 17, 2024
"Texas Supreme Court temporarily stops Robert Roberson’s execution," by Kayla Guo, Texas Tribune, October 16, 2024
"Supreme Court seems likely to give Oklahoma death row inmate a new day in court," by Mark Sherman, Associated Press, October 09, 2024
"'I'm sorry': Garcia Glenn White becomes 6th man executed in US in 11 days," by Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, October 01, 2024
"Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared," by Sean Murphy, Associated Press, September 26, 2024
"Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution," by Kim Chandler, Associated Press, September 26, 2024
"Marcellus Williams execution draws fresh backlash to death penalty," by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Kim Bellware, Washington Post, September 25, 2024
