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Despite 100 Years of Activism, the Death Penalty Still Won't Die
State-sanctioned killing has been banned in fits and starts over the course of American history, a reflection of a national character that is alternately progressive and puritan.
What It's Like to Be a Death Row Executioner in America
The precise methods prisons use to kill prisoners are often shrouded in secrecy, but we do know that the teams in charge of executions are rarely made up of experts.
This Warden Wants to Make His Job Obsolete
Rick Van Wickler runs New Hampshire’s 230-inmate Cheshire County Correctional Facility, a county-funded facility where his word is law. But his lockup differs from most because of Van Wickler's unorthodox view of crime and punishment.
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