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A voter casts a ballot during early voting in the Bronx Borough of New York City on November 1, 2024. (Photo by David Dee Delgado / AFP) (Photo by DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)
Closing Argument November 2, 2024
Election Day 2024: Where Criminal Justice Is On the Ballot
From reproductive rights to border enforcement and marijuana legalization, voters across the nation will weigh in on criminal justice issues.
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A White man wearing a black T-shirt, a gray long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans, holds a clipboard with a voter registration form. A Black woman wearing a light gray cardigan and holding a black purse, points at the registration form as they stand at the entrance of a building. People are standing in front of them in a line.
Closing Argument October 19, 2024
Voting Rights Confusion Keeps Formerly Incarcerated People from Casting Ballots
Even when they’re eligible to vote.
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Inside Out June 10, 2021
Small Towns Used To See Prisons as a Boon. Now, Many Don’t Want Them.
In its search for a new prison’s home, Nebraska finds few places willing to host.
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A condemned inmate is led out of his cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California in 2016.
Crime on the Ballot November 9, 2016
The Death Penalty is Alive and Well
Voters in three states approve measures to strengthen capital punishment.
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A corrections officer checks a death row cell at San Quentin State Prison in California.
Crime on the Ballot October 19, 2016
Three States to Watch if You Care About the Death Penalty
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and California will test the prospects of abolition.
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News August 28, 2015
Back on the Agenda: Nebraska’s Death Penalty
A grassroots effort aims to restore what the legislature just ended.
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Nebraska’s lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln.
News August 13, 2015
Life After Nebraska’s Death Penalty
How other states dealt with their death rows after killing capital punishment.
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Commentary May 28, 2015
How Nebraska Repealed the Death Penalty
A deep-red state shows the way, with conservatives in the lead.
By Shari Silberstein
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