Pony Up! Over a century of SMU football – News
Dec 19, 2024 · This half hour program provides an overview of the team’s history before SMU began building up the program after the 1987 death penalty. The team’s history is also …
death penalty - Opinions
On Jan. 17, 1977, Gary Gilmore, a convicted felon on death row in Utah, was executed by a Utah firing squad and thus became the first condemned inmate to be put to death in this country in …
Despite Popular Opposition, The Death Penalty Marches on …
Jul 26, 2023 · In the waning months of his presidency, 10 federal death row inmates were executed in the last half of 2020. Joe Biden became the first presidential candidate to run on a …
How the death penalty fails Texas - Opinions
Mar 13, 2020 · Conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, all want to see innocent people avoid death row and execution. Texas cannot promise that such is the case. Second, the …
Lethal Injection Was Once Considered a “Less Barbaric ... - Opinions
Jul 14, 2023 · In a newly released report by the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, 2022 is referred to as “the year of the botched execution.” The report found that the number of …
50 Years Ago, a SCOTUS Decision Placed a Moratorium on
Jun 29, 2022 · Georgia, stating that the US death penalty was unconstitutional because it was administered in both a racially and geographically discriminatory manner, and it converted all …
Is Virginia’s Move to Abolish the Beginning of the End of the …
Sep 16, 2021 · A bipartisan bill to abolish the death penalty has been introduced in Ohio, a state commonly known in death penalty parlance as “The Texas of the north,” due to its numerous …
America should honor MLK’s vision by halting the death penalty
Jun 8, 2022 · Gilmore’s execution was significant because it ended a de facto nationwide moratorium on the death penalty that had been in place for almost a decade. He was the only …
death penalty – SMU Human Rights Program
May 4, 2022 · SMU Accomplishments: At SMU, Nicole was involved with the Ballroom Dance Team, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and Mock Trial. Postbaccalaureate Career: Motivated by …
Rick Halperin, director of the SMU human rights program, for an …
Oct 25, 2022 · Published in Inside Sources under the heading Death Penalty Lingers in U.S. Amid Efforts to End It Worldwide: READ MORE Tags human rights , op-ed ← Event, Nov. 7: Nate …