/tags/capital-punishment Capital punishment en-US WLRN Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:05:00 GMT /2019-07-25/federal-government-to-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-20-year-hiatus "The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system," Attorney General William Barr said. Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:05:00 GMT /2019-07-25/federal-government-to-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-20-year-hiatus Merrit Kennedy /2018-12-14/florida-executes-inmate-as-report-cites-continuing-erosion-of-death-penalty Both executions and death sentences have declined dramatically since their peak in the late 1990s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Fri, 14 Dec 2018 05:01:00 GMT /2018-12-14/florida-executes-inmate-as-report-cites-continuing-erosion-of-death-penalty Ian Stewart /2013-10-21/supreme-court-will-hear-case-on-executions-and-mental-disability The standard by which a felon is judged to be mentally competent to face execution will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court agreed Monday to hear a case involving a Florida man convicted of a 1978 murder; he has an IQ that's close to the state threshold. Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:19:00 GMT /2013-10-21/supreme-court-will-hear-case-on-executions-and-mental-disability Bill Chappell /politics/2013-02-08/death-penalty-bill-dead-for-the-session State lawmakers will not decide whether to abolish the death penalty this year. Rejecting cost, fairness and morality arguments, a House criminal justice… Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-02-08/death-penalty-bill-dead-for-the-session Rick Stone /news/2012-10-15/days-from-death-killers-violent-psychosis-complicates-closure-for-victims-families John Errol Ferguson is scheduled for execution on Thursday for a six-victim murder that horrified South Florida more than 35 years ago. At the time, as… Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:03:00 GMT /news/2012-10-15/days-from-death-killers-violent-psychosis-complicates-closure-for-victims-families