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Death Penalty · TennesseeA Tennessee man convicted in the 1988 murders of his girlfriend and her two young daughters was executed Tuesday despite a legal dispute that his heart device could repeatedly shock him and expose him to unconstitutional suffering.See the Story
Tennessee executes man with heart device despite concerns it could shock him
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Death Penalty · Little RockOn August 5, 2025, a group of ten Arkansas death-sentenced prisoners filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that authorizes their execution using nitrogen gas. Act 302, which Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law in March 2025, went into effect on the same day the lawsuit was filed. The prisoners’ lawsuit argues that the new law is unconstitutional because it violates the state constitution’s separation of po…Read Article
Arkansas Death-Sentenced Prisoners File Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of State’s New Nitrogen Gas Execution Law | Death Penalty Information Center
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Gavin Newsom · CaliforniaA prominent business executive and member of a larger coalition of over 500 global business leaders is calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all death sentences in California to life without parole. In a July 2025 op-ed, Matthew Stepka, a member of Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty, calls California’s death penalty system a failure of both justice and fiscal responsibility.
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Business Leader Calls for End to California’s “Broken” Death Penalty System | Death Penalty Information Center
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