Topic: Executions

Delay of First Female Execution in Years Brings Back Debate Over Juries and Race

AP

With five hours to spare and ongoing questions of racial bias in her jury selection hanging in the balance, a Texas judge granted reprieve to the first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010.

By Hannah Miet

Jul 10, 2012

The Epic Awesomeness of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, World War II Secret Agent

Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who fought for France in World War II as an epically awesome secret agent with the British, died this spring at 88. Drawing from two recent obituaries, one in today's New York Times and the other in The Telegraph, we bring you highlights from the life of one of the world's most fascinating men. 

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By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 27, 2012

Executions on the Rise Around the World

The latest annual report from Amnesty International says that the number of judicial executions worldwide has gone way up, even as the number of countries that still perform them is going down.

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