[OP-ED]: Will New (Interim) Philly DA End Ineffective Expensive Practices?
07/25/2017 - 10:47
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The career accomplishments of Kelley Hodge situate her well for the vital mission she volunteered to undertake over the next five-plus months.
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The state of Arkansas, USA, carried out a double execution on Monday, after delivering a lethal injection to a second prisoner, Marcel Williams, on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of a woman in 1994.
Arkansas executes first double execution in US for 16 years
04/25/2017 - 02:20
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The state of Arkansas, USA, carried out a double execution on Monday, after delivering a lethal injection to a second prisoner, Marcel Williams, on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of a woman in 1994.
Supreme court blocks Arkansas from flurry of executions
04/18/2017 - 05:56
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The Supreme Court late Monday blocked the first of at least six executions planned in Arkansas over the next two weeks after a dizzying day of state and federal court disputes about lethal injection drugs, mental health claims and the right to legal representation.
[OP-ED]: Racism and the Trump effect at the high school where I teach
02/28/2017 - 15:06
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My two sons used to come home from a day at high school complaining that ludicrous accusations of racism were as common as the desks in the classrooms. I chalked it up to adolescent exaggeration.
After having spent the current academic year as a teacher surrounded by rowdy high-schoolers, I can attest that they were right.
In the hallways, at assemblies, in my classroom, “That’s racist!” was a common refrain for most of the early fall.
Executions in the U.S Plummeted to 1976's Levels
12/27/2016 - 04:17
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Executions and death sentences plummeted this year to lowest levels since 1999. However, the death penalty is far from fading away, reports the Washington Post.
Larry Krasner: an underdog who came out on top in the DA race
05/17/2017 - 20:07
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Larry Krasner has won the democratic primary for district attorney in Philadelphia.