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Dragging Victim’s Family Rejects Death Penalty

Prosecutors are “unlikely” to pursue the death penalty for Deryl Dedmon, the white Mississippi teen charged with running over a black man with a pickup truck, because the family of the victim opposes the death penalty for religious reasons, Hinds … Continue reading

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Death penalty statistics: More than 3,200 inmates await execution

(CNN) — The high-profile execution of Troy Davis in Georgia has brought the death penalty back into the spotlight. Here are some facts on the current state of the death penalty, the clemency process and statistics in Georgia. Death penalty … Continue reading

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