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Everyone on Death Row Gets a Lawyer. Not Everyone Gets a Kim Kardashian.

The case of Rodney Reed — whose innocence claims were championed by the reality TV star — raises questions about celebrities’ role in the criminal justice system.

Death Sentences • 07.16.2021

They Are Terminally Ill. States Want To Execute Them Anyway.

“I don’t understand trying to kill somebody who is already dying,” says the sister of Idaho death-row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto.

Can The Death Penalty Be Fixed? These Republicans Think So

A growing number of conservative lawmakers want to overhaul capital punishment, or end it.

Death Sentences • 04.15.2021

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