Bill to abolish the death penalty gaining bipartisan support in Indiana. Will it pass?
Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...
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‘UnPHILtered': Indiana Catholic leader supports abolition of death penalty
Roman Catholic Church leader, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis, has fully endorsed House Bill 1030 to abolish ...
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Indiana lawmakers and Catholic Conference call for repeal of death penalty with HB 1030
The state’s death row is housed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. However, Indiana ended a 15-year hiatus with the execution of Joseph Corcoran on December 18, 2024, at the Indiana ...
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Analysis shows death row populations are shrinking across country
Two mass clemency decisions contributed. But more prisoners leave death row after courts overturn their sentences. As a ...
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Death Penalty Fast Facts
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...
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Fort Wayne legislator makes case for hearing, passage of his anti-death penalty bill
A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana's death penalty, arguing that the state's ...
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Death row populations are shrinking across country
Death row populations in the United States have declined to historic lows. The Death Penalty Policy Project reviewed 50 years of data and found that U.S. death rows shrank more last year than any ...