EDITORIAL: Time for Japan to confront issues at stake in death penalty system
A private-sector panel made up of academics, legislators and other experts has called for a fundamental review of the problem ...
Trump expected to end Biden-era death penalty pause, expand to more federal inmates
President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...
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John Grisham chronicles real-life stories of people who were wrongly convicted in ‘Framed’
When Centurion was founded, it was the first group of its kind working to overturn wrongful convictions for people facing ...
Panel seeks hold on death penalty until flaws in system resolved
A private-sector panel highlighted various problems with Japan’s capital punishment system, including the possibility of ...
Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed.
Well, billionaire Elon Musk actually did, flexing his considerable wealth to influence the election. Now imagine how strong a ...
Inside the Tragic Life and Controversial Execution of Marcellus Williams
The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...
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Willie Manning faces execution, despite a crumbling case
If the Mississippi Supreme Court doesn’t give Willie Jerome Manning another hearing, justices are expected to grant Attorney ...
Judge agrees to recuse himself from Central Park Five defamation suit against Trump
A federal judge on Friday agreed to recuse himself from overseeing the exonerated Central Park Five’s defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump.  Shanin Specter, the Central Park Five’s ...
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MOSOP calls for probe of Shell over $173bn unaccounted oil revenue, laments Shell’s hurried divestment of assets
By Daniel Abia Twenty-nine years after the state-sponsored execution of environmental activist Kenule Saro-Wiwa and eight ...
Newly elected LA County DA to focus on overturning Gascon’s blanket progressive policies
District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman will embrace a “hard-middle” approach to prosecutions to foster accountability for ...
What to know about shaken baby syndrome
There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year, according to the National Center on Shaken ...