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"6 Figures That Tell the Story of the Death Penalty in America," by Mariel Padilla, New York Times, December 17, 2019
"100 Jewish Lawyers Stand Against Judge Accused of Using Racist Slurs Toward Inmate," by Angela Morris , Texas Lawyer, September 05, 2019
"Navajo Man on Federal Death Row Seeks Stay of Execution," by The Associated Press, New York Times, August 18, 2020
"Only Native American on Death Row Set to Be Executed on August 26," by Felicia Fonseca, TIME, August 13, 2020
"Navajo Nation Urges Trump to Commute Sentence of Only Native American on Federal Death Row," by Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, August 12, 2020
"Navajo Nation president asks Trump to commute death sentence," by Associated Press, Washington Post, August 11, 2020
"Editorial: The federal government is on a stomach-turning execution spree," by Editorial Board, Washington Post, August 09, 2020
"Why a Court Overturned the Death Sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon Bomber," by Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, August 05, 2020
"Blood in the Water," by Liliana Segura, The Intercept, August 02, 2020
"A Vast Racial Gap in Death Penalty Cases, New Study Finds," by Adam Liptak, New York Times, August 03, 2020
"First Circuit Overturns Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence," by Thomas F. Harrison, Courthouse News Service, July 31, 2020
"Execution Date Set For Only Native American on Death Row," by Felicia Fonseca, TIME, July 29, 2020
"As COVID-19 Ravages California’s Death Row, the State Attorney General Fights to Keep It Packed," by Lara Bazelon, Slate, July 27, 2020
"Witnesses to the Execution," by Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project, July 24, 2020
"Opinion: It’s time for Virginia to finally repeal the death penalty," by Paul O'Shea, Washington Post, July 24, 2020
