Robert Roberson Shows Perils of Death Penalty Cases Involving Autism
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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Tag: Capital Punishment
How Sparing the Parkland Shooter’s Life Changed Florida’s Death Penalty
In the summer of 1998, Brenda Woodard and Carolyn Deakins were two of the dozens of women selling sex on ...
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What to Know About How a Florida School Shooter’s Life Was Spared
Nikolas Cruz was the rare mass killer in America to have his fate decided at trial; many die during the ...
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Will the Supreme Court Rethink Death Penalty Defendants’ Rights?
On a March evening last year, death penalty lawyers, scholars and trained investigators gathered in an Atlanta hotel room to ...
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Sean Finnegan learns fate in gruesome death of Jennifer Paxton
A Tennessee man convicted of savagely raping, torturing and killing a woman with his girlfriend has been sentenced to death, ...
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A Death Row Prisoner’s Parting Interview
Additional reporting by Nakylah Carter and Keri Blakinger Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. ...
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