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by Lynette Holloway onOctober 13, 2011
More than one-third of Americans now oppose the death penalty -- the highest level in nearly 40 years.
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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 3, 2011
The man many believed to be innocent is laid to rest.
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by Lynette Holloway onOctober 1, 2011
A memorial was held for the death row inmate who was put to death in Georgia on Sept. 21.
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by Leonard Pitts Jr. onSeptember 26, 2011
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. lists the names of some death row inmates who were exonerated, including one posthumously.
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by Eugene Kane onSeptember 26, 2011
Troy Davis' execution may prompt calls for a repeal of a state ban on the death penalty, writes Eugene Kane of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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by Lynne K. Varner onSeptember 25, 2011
Troy Davis' death only strengthens calls to abolish the death penalty, writes Seattle Times opinion writer Lynne K. Varner.
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by Annette John-Hall onSeptember 24, 2011
Punishment by death isn't justice -- it's revenge, writes Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Annette John-Hall.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onSeptember 22, 2011
It wasn't racial solidarity but racial vulnerability that made him so important to African Americans.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 21, 2011
Widely believed to have been wrongly convicted, he maintained his innocence to the very end.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onSeptember 21, 2011
The Rev. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church says the case is in blatant contradiction to American ideals.
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