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Liliana Segura

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Biden Commuted Their Death Sentences. Now What?

As three men challenge their commutations, others brace for imminent prison transfers and the finality of a life sentence with no chance of release....

18.01.2025 10

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Liliana Segura

“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree

Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones that the president made good on his word....

24.12.2024 2

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Liliana Segura

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic Of Another Age

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness. The post Indiana’s Midnight...

22.12.2024 7

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Liliana Segura

Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his...

15.12.2024 4

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Liliana Segura

Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?

With Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations will stop another federal execution spree. The post Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight...

27.11.2024 4

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Liliana Segura

Texas Lawmakers’ Unprecedented Actions Halt Robert Roberson’s Execution — For Now

Following the state Supreme Court’s last-minute intervention, Roberson is expected to testify next week at a legislative hearing on Texas’s...

18.10.2024 2

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Liliana Segura

Texas Is About to Execute Robert Roberson for a Crime That Never Happened

State courts refused to review Roberson’s case, clearing the way for his execution based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome. The post...

16.10.2024 1

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Liliana Segura

The Supreme Court May Force Oklahoma to Kill Richard Glossip

At oral arguments Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared indifferent to the state AG’s insistence that Glossip’s conviction is...

10.10.2024 1

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Liliana Segura

Kamala Harris Once Sought to Reform Mass Incarceration. Does That Matter to Prison Families?

For most impacted communities, the cruelty of the system has long been a constant regardless of which party controls the White House. The post...

04.10.2024 1

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Liliana Segura

Texas’s Junk Science Law Was Supposed to Prevent Wrongful Executions. It May Fail to Save Robert Roberson.

A decade after Texas passed landmark legislation to address flawed forensics, the courts have refused to apply it as intended. The post Texas’s...

09.09.2024 2

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Liliana Segura

Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.

Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform. The post...

23.08.2024 1

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Liliana Segura

Kamala Harris Wants to Distinguish Herself From Joe Biden. Criminal Justice Is a Place to Start.

As a U.S. senator, Harris pushed criminal justice reforms. Will she run on her ideas — or run away from them? The post Kamala Harris Wants to...

16.08.2024 30

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Liliana Segura

Bitcoin Bros and the MAGA Faithful Converge in Nashville — and Embrace an Alternate Reality

Weeks after neo-Nazis marched through the city, attendees at a bitcoin conference laughed off Trump’s racism and authoritarianism. The post...

03.08.2024 4

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Liliana Segura

There’s a Junk Science Crisis in Criminal Convictions. Sonia Sotomayor Calls It Out in Alabama Bite-Mark Case.

While the court refused to review the 1985 case of Charles McCrory, Sotomayor urged states to pass laws to help exonerate people imprisoned on...

10.07.2024 1

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Liliana Segura