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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

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Will The Charleston Church Shooter Face The Death Penalty?

Comments (0) | ACLU, Charleston, Charleston massacre, Charleston shooting, Cleveland County, court, criminal court, death, death penalty, death penalty debate, Downtown Charleston, Dylann Roof, Dylann Storm Roof, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, insanity plea, life sentence, massacre, mentally ill, Methodist Church, National, North Carolina, prosecution, Shelby, shooting, South Carolina, South Carolina ACLU, South Carolina Solicitor

(Via Dylann Roof's Facebook)

Sara Tiano, Celeste Alvarez
News Editors

Another community devastated by violence. How will South Carolina respond?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mentally Ill Texan Man Scheduled For Execution

Comments (0) | death penalty, execution, mentally illness, National, prison, schizophrenia, Scott Panetti, State, texas

(826 PARANORMAL/Flickr Creative Commons)

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

This upcoming execution raises questions about the efficacy and humanity of the death penality.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Arizona Execution Delayed Until Contents Of Drug Cocktail Are Revealed

Comments (0) | 9th circuit court of appeals, Arizona, botched death penalty, capital punishment, death penalty, execution, First Amendment, joseph wood, National

Contents of the new drug cocktail must be divulged to prisoners sentenced to die. (CACorrections, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

Arizona will no longer be able to use shield laws to hide details about execution drugs. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Federal Judge Rules California's Death Penalty Unconstitutional

Comments (0) | 8th amendment, 9th Circuit, appeal, California, cormac carney, cruel and unusual, death penalty, death row, ernest jones, federal judge, inmate, unconstitutional

CA's Death Penalty faces it's biggest challenge yet.

Matthew Tinoco
Staff Reporter

This is the first time California's death penalty has been ruled as such.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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15 Radical Legislative Changes To Make America Better

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Kevin Cheberenchick
Contributor

According to one study, the U.S. isn't even a democracy anymore.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

California Death Penalty Initiative To Speed Up Execution Process

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Minerva Ruelas
Staff Reporter

Three former CA governors are teaming up to close death row cases.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mississippi To Execute First Female Prisoner Since 1944

Comments (0) | CNN, death penalty, death row, earned-release supervision, Edward Byrom Jr., Edward Byrom Sr., Lethal Injection, Michelle Byrom, Mississippi, Nation and World, Supreme Court

Beatrice Verhoeven
Executive Producer

A 57-year old Mississippi woman is awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on whether she will be executed by lethal injection. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Washington Suspends Death Penalty

Comments (0) | capital punishment, death penalty, Debate, executions, governor, Jay Inslee, National, Suspends, Washington

Jacqueline Giordano, Executive Producer

Find out why the governor of Washington issued a moratorium against capital punishment.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Texas Woman To Be Executed By Lethal Injection

Comments (0) | death penalty, Lethal Injection, Louis Musso, National, Suzanne Basso, Suzanne Basso Execution, texas, Texas executions

Syuzanna Petrosyan
Executive Producer

Basso would become the 14th woman to be put to death in America since death penalty was reinstated.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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Boston Bomber Tsarnaev Faces Death Penalty, Probably Won't Happen

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to face the death penalty in court (The Guardian).

Niki Hashemi
Staff Reporter

How likely is it that Tsarnaev will get the death penalty?

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