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Texas Had Fewest Executions Since 1996 Due to Pandemic
Texas, the nation’s busiest capital punishment state, carried out the fewest executions in nearly 25 years mainly because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Why Trump's Approval of Firing Squads for Executions Is ‘Largely Symbolic,' But Still Leaves ‘a Mess' for Biden
In his final weeks in the White House, President Trump is rushing to approve execution methods such as firing squads and hanging for federal death-row inmates. The Marshall Project’s Keri Blakinger explains what these new rules really mean for prisoners.