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  • The president suggested that certain major crimes, such as the murder of a law enforcement officer, could become punishable by death.

  • Fifty years ago, as the Supreme Court was gearing up to hear arguments in Roe v.

  • President Donald Trump said that his administration will seek the death penalty in all murder cases in Washington, DC, a move that could run into significant obstacles with city juries.

  • Within moments of arriving in Philadelphia in January, Robert Clinton ’24 and Charles Sonenclar ’24 — two Harvard Law students participating in the school’s Capital Punishment Clinic — dove into work .

  • Her condition raises questions about whether Tennessee could attempt to execute her again if she is incapable of understanding what is happening.

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