Florida's revival of death penalty fuels rise in US executions in 2023
Governor Ron DeSantis scheduled six of the country’s 25 executions this year amid his presidential election bid
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Governor Ron DeSantis scheduled six of the country’s 25 executions this year amid his presidential election bid
Governor Ron DeSantis scheduled six of the country’s 25 executions this year amid his presidential election bid
Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.
Scholars have called capital punishment as "legal lynching," with the overlapping history of the peak of lynching with the rise of the death penalty.
Herbert Johnson, a Black teen from RI, was heading home to Barrington from Chicago in 1930 when he was stopped by police in upstate New York.