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Virginia Poised to Become First Southern State to Abolish Death Penalty
State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill ending capital punishment in Virginia
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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.