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Pennsylvania Governor Says He Won't Sign Execution Warrants

"This is a fundamental statement of morality, of what's right and wrong," Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. "And I believe Pennsylvania must be on the right side of this issue."

Reason · Feb 17, 2023

Dog-whistle politics and the futility of the death penalty

Letters: Support from Dr Tom Wilke, Dr Hamid Khan and Declan O’Neill for Duncan Campbell’s piece prompted by Lee Anderson’s controversial remarks about capital punishment

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023

Tory chief Lee Anderson says he's not a 'lunatic' for demanding return of death penalty

Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson insisted that millions of voters share his desire for capital punishment to be brought back. He was appointed by Rishi Sunak last week

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2023

Lee Anderson backs out of deal to deliver 48,000 Lib Dem leaflets criticising him

The Ashfield MP told the Lib Dems if they sent him a stack of their new poster pointing some of his quotes on the death penalty, food banks and poverty he'd distribute them himself. So they did. Here's what happened

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2023

Commentary: How blasphemy laws are used to serve political ends

On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 15, 2023

Trump is planning to bring back firing squads if re-elected

Former president granted clemency to drug offenders during his White House term

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Death penalty phase of trial looms for NYC bike path killer

A jury on Monday will begin considering whether an Islamic extremist should be sentenced to death for killing eight people people on a New York City bike path

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

The Observer view on the ‘red wall rottweiler’ fuelling Tory dreams of the death penalty

The appointment of Lee Anderson as deputy chair is a cynical attempt to woo a powerful section of the party’s right

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

It’s not just that Lee Anderson is wrong about hanging: he’s also the wrong man to stop the Tories sinking

Hankering for the death penalty may get the deputy chair attention, but it won’t attract working-class voters with genuine problems, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Iran's crackdown on protesters: Can the EU deter Tehran?

Iran has long been one of the world's most prolific executioners. But it seems to have taken the death penalty to a new level recently, with dozens of people executed in the last few weeks, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The UN has denounced what it calls…

France 24 · Feb 10, 2023