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Brandon Bernard, a 40-year-old Black man sentenced to death at aged 18, was killed on Thursday by the federal government. He was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. and is the youngest person executed by the federal government in nearly 70 years and the ninth prisoner put to death since the current…

The federal government continued its series of post-election federal executions Friday by killing Alfred Bourgeois, the second Black man killed in 24 hours by the government (article available here…

Orlando Hall, 49, is the eighth inmate to be executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus on executions (access full article). A judge's stay over…

Orlando Hall, 49, is the eighth inmate to be executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus on executions (article available here). A judge's stay over concerns about the execution…

Orlando Hall, 49, is the eighth inmate to be executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus on executions (article available here). A judge's stay over concerns about the execution…

Justice Kimberley S. Budd, 54, was confirmed on Wednesday as the first Black woman to serve as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which traces its history to the late 17th century (…

Pope Francis has abolished the death penalty in the Catholic Church with his issuance of a new encyclical known as the “Fratelli Tutti.” The death penalty is…

The federal government executed the seventh person in a span of just over two months and the second this week (article available here). Christopher Vialva, 40, was…

The federal government executed the seventh person in a span of just over two months and the second this week (article available here). Christopher Vialva, 40, was…

The federal government executed the seventh person in a span of just over two months and the second this week (access full article.…