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"Supreme Court Strikes down Part of Florida Death Penalty" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Supreme Court to Hear Two Major Death Penalty Cases" is from the June 06, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Hamas Calls for Resumption of Death Penalty in Gaza" is from the May 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Majd Al Waheidi and Diaa Hadid and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"What Else Is on States' Ballots? Minimum Wage, the Death Penalty and Guns" is from the October 26, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by The New York Times and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Supreme Court Finds Racial Bias in Jury Selection for Death Penalty Case" is from the May 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Caroline Miller.

American journalist, essayist, satirist, and cultural critic H.L. Mencken makes his 3-pronged case for the death penalty for those who take the lives of other people, challenging civilized order. Mencken argues the death penalty is a form of catharsis for the immediate victims of the crime, and is not solely for deterring other criminals, but also to give peace of mind to the society that has been wronged.

In this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the bestselling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition of the death penalty. The Bible says an eye for an...

Caliph Washington's life was never supposed to matter. As a Black teenager from the vice-ridden city of Bessemer, Alabama, Washington was wrongfully convicted of killing an Alabama policeman in 1957. Sentenced to death, he came within minutes of the electric chair - nearly a dozen times. A Kafka-esque legal odyssey in which Washington's original conviction was overturned three times before he was finally released in 1972, his story is the kind that pervades the history of American justice.

"California Voters Face Choice: End Death Penalty, or Speed It Up" is from the August 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Medina and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

“Every person wrongfully convicted of a crime at some point dreams of getting revenge against the system. In Confessions of an Innocent Man, the dream comes true and in a spectacular way.”—John Grisham, New York Times bestselling author of The Reckoning A thrillingly suspenseful...

National Book Award winner Masha Gessen tells an important story for our era: How the American Dream went wrong for two immigrants, and the nightmare that resulted. On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more...

Dershowitz on Killing is a timely examination of issues and questions that are front and center in today’s society. Employing a philosophical, moral, religious, and cultural lens to the legal aspects surrounding death and life, Alan Dershowitz elucidates the role of government to determine who shall live and who shall die in declaring wars, ordering executions, authorizing deadly force, permitting or denying abortions, providing or mandating vaccines, controlling climate change, allowing or refusing asylum for endangered migrants, and other life and death rulings.

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...