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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, pictured in San Francisco in October, commuted the sentences of all 17 people on death row on her way out of office.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown explains why she commuted all of her state's death sentences

In her final weeks in office, Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 people on death row in the state. Capital punishment is legal in Oregon, though its last execution was in 1997.

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  • Rachel Treisman
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to<strong> </strong>life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Okla. governor grants clemency to Julius Jones hours before he was set to be executed

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Rachel Treisman

Have Politics, Public Opinion Changed Georgia's Death Penalty?

A new GPB radio drama and podcast called "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project" reflects the conflicting public discourse that surrounded the...

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Media members gathered to watch the protest of the impending execution of Troy Davis in 2011.

Radio Drama Explores 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt' In Troy Davis Case

In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of the murder of Savannah police office Mark MacPhail and sentenced to death. The state of Georgia executed Davis in...

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From top to bottom and left to right, the eight men Georgia has executed in 2016 and William Sallie, bottom-right, whose execution is scheduled for Dec. 6.

Georgia's Capital Punishment Contradiction: More Executions, Fewer Death Sentences

Update 12/07/2016: The Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court denied Sallie’s attorney’s requests for a stay of execution Tuesday. Sallie was...

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The area set aside for Death Penalty supporters outside Jackson Diagnostic Prison during Kelly Gissendaner's 2015 execution.

Coming Execution Would Mark Georgia Milestone

Should the State of Georgia execute Gregory Paul Lawler as planned on Wednesday, it will mark a milestone in at least two different ways. Lawler was...

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