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## Death Penalty


* ![Rodney Reed Hearing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt027f3050a125bfe4/698a05fc4ee2626f293169cd/rodney-reed-texas-execution.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 13, 2019  
## [Appeals Court Grants Rodney Reed Execution Stay](https://time.com/5722795/rodney-reed-innocent-execution-protests/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josiah Bates
* ![Demonstrators against the death penalty stand outside the Moakley Federal Court during first day of the penalty phase for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on April 21, 2015 in Boston.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499ac9e37e48b956/69885147cd1bba81a56fb75e/death-penalty-boston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2019  
## [Here's Why Death Penalty Opponents Say Resuming Federal Executions Is the Wrong Move](https://time.com/5635787/executions-death-penalty-reaction-opponents/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![Death Penalty 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf673aae60c4077e6/698947fe4ee2623b9031451b/death-penalty-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 10, 2019  
## [Use of Death Penalty Drops to Lowest in a Decade: Report](https://time.com/5567252/death-penalty-lowest-in-decade-amnesty/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Amy Gunia
* ![Death Chamber at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bc11b79c46de632/698946ca4ee2621c693142e0/death-penalty-capital-punishment-hio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2019  
## [The Death Penalty Could Become a 2020 Issue. But a Growing Number of Conservatives Disagree With Trump](https://time.com/5552894/death-penalty-kamala-harris-conservatives/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![Pope Francis greets the faithful as he arrives to celebrate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f41d9a205dff253/6988e1d80a4a22645c9d0502/gettyimages-860245804.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2017  
## [Pope Francis Wants Church to Change Doctrine on Death Penalty](https://time.com/4980984/pope-francis-death-penalty-catholic-church/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05bcab8c3599eb0b/6988d5cd0a4a22193d9cf0fd/scharlette-holdman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 14, 2017  
## [Remembering America's 'Angel of Death Row'](https://time.com/4858368/death-row-angel-scharlette-holdman/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by David Von Drehle
* ![SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 21, 2010Press Information Officer Lt. Sam Robinson is reflected](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c7932fb57d19ca2/6988bfd70b72e309846ed158/lethal-injection-arkansas-executions-midazolam-drugs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2017  
## [Former Warden: Arkansas Execution Rush Is Dangerous and Risky](https://time.com/4712443/arkansas-executions-midazolam-death-penalty/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Allen Ault
* ![death penalty](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea446faa22a8a742/6988b37dcd1bba0eed70370b/death_penalty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2016  
## [Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the U.S.](https://time.com/4607300/death-penalty-2016-record-low-executions/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Pete Ricketts](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf512c86c29aca7b/6988adb3a988ca72956ba16a/ap_16297565865902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2016  
## [Nebraska Restores the Death Penalty](https://time.com/4563703/nebraska-restores-death-penalty-election/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Oklahoma Death Penalty Question](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c31451740a8af3f/6988ad9c0a4a227eee9cbf6e/ap_16260698317624.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2016  
## [Oklahoma Votes to Add Death Penalty to Its Constitution](https://time.com/4563488/oklahoma-death-penalty-referendum/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn  
* ![An inmate stands against a fence at the Adjustment Center yard during a media tour of California's death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California December 29, 2015. America's most populous state, which has not carried out an execution i](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt818fda8c4d0245bd/6988ad63e20a872c18a931e8/california-death-row.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 7, 2016  
## [Death Penalty's Future Will Be Decided in 3 States](https://time.com/4561649/death-penalty-referendum-california-nebraska/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 1, 2016  
## [How to Solve Poor Kids Being Priced Out of Youth Sports](https://time.com/4553041/how-to-solve-poor-kids-being-priced-out-of-youth-sports/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Manny Pacquiao Visits Convicted Drug Trafficker In Indonesian Prison](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3b193237fb952ed/6988a583cd1bba40c270243f/gettyimages-480158362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
## [Duterte Will 'Respect' Indonesia's Decision on Filipina Maid Convicted of Drug Smuggling](https://time.com/4487141/duterte-jokowi-indonesia-drugs-mary-jane-veloso/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yenni Kwok
* ![Indonesia Prepare For Third Round Of Drug Executions](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9124ea8b15e48c6b/69889ff52dce013f6b9ea151/gettyimages-583920080.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2016  
## [Indonesia Rejects Appeals to Halt 14 Executions](https://time.com/4427922/indonesia-execution-drugs/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 29, 2016  
## [Looking for a Permanent Home for the Olympics](https://time.com/4387665/home-for-the-olympics/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute

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