Penn & Teller call out 'flim-flam' in Supreme Court death penalty case

Magicians Penn & Teller told Supreme Court they've tricked audiences with cognitive techniques similar to those used on a ...
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The Supreme Court Hands a Surprising Death-Penalty Defeat to Alabama

A shadow docket reveals that for some justices, there are limits to how cruel an execution can be. And for others, there are ...

One of the Supreme Court’s Worst Decisions Is About to Turn 50. It’s Past Time to Reverse It.

None of this is news, but on the 50th anniversary of the death penalty’s reinstatement, it is worth reflecting on why those ...
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Florida Supreme Court upholds death penalty for triple-murderer who barricaded cell to kill again

The Florida Supreme Court has officially upheld the death sentence for a man who brutally killed his cellmate while already ...
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The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, ...

A Supreme Court skeptical of death row appeals has recently sided with three inmates

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even ...

Is the death penalty racist? California Supreme Court advances case to eliminate it

The case, a direct appeal to the state highest court, says the death penalty is unconstitutional because it is applied in a ...

Clarence Thomas laments "unfortunate" Supreme Court decision

The justice said the Supreme Court had stepped into Gary Whitton's case unnecessarily as he challenged testimony used against ...