by James Fite | Mar 4, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment
Only three times has a prisoner been executed by firing squad in the United States since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, but one of South Carolina’s 37 death row inmates could very well be the fourth. The Palmetto State’s Senate passed a bill to allow...
by Leesa K. Donner | Jul 25, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics, Social Issues
It has been a while since the United States government executed an inmate. Despite an almost two-decade moratorium, the death penalty will be making a comeback either late this year or in January of 2020. This is according to Attorney General William Barr, who made...