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Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, will no longer receive the…
Mar 13 2019
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to issue a moratorium on all death row executions in the state,…
Apr 21 2017
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Arkansas’s horrific plan to execute eight men in two weeks met another roadblock Thursday night when the U.S.…
Apr 19 2017
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Arkansas’s uniquely inhumane and disgusting plan to execute 8 men in 10 days in order to beat the expiration dates…
Apr 17 2017
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Arkansas death row inmate Don Davis ate his last meal tonight as state and federal courts deliberated over whether…
Mar 31 2017
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All of the topics we discuss on Big Time Dicks are disgusting in their blatant willingness to disregard other…
Jan 13 2016
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sentencing of a Florida man to death was unconstitutional. The…
Oct 21 2015
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On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he would not be surprised if the death penalty was abolished…
Oct 19 2015
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On Monday, October 19, the state of Ohio deferred its execution schedule until January 2017 due to problems…
Sep 29 2015
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Kelly Gissendaner, the sole female inmate on Georgia’s death row, will be executed Tuesday evening, 18 years after…
Aug 25 2015
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On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate ordered all executions to temporarily halt, calling lethal…
Sep 8 2011
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There was lots of punching up at Rick Perry at last night's Republican debate, the first time the candidates had a…
Mar 10 2011
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Yesterday Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in his state. Now the families of…
Sep 22 2010
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The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia death-row inmate Teresa Lewis's bid for a stay of execution, but Sonia…
Sep 21 2010
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For the first time in a hundred years, a woman is on death row in Virginia. Now Iran is calling the US hypocritical…
Mar 26 2010
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Catherine Hakim argues that "erotic capital" — a "combination of physical and social attractiveness" — is more…
Sep 2 2009
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As the news of Phillip Garrido's twisted crimes continues to unfold, I'm seeing a lot of people — including Jez…
Jun 30 2008
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Moe is on the (supposedly) WiFi-enabled bus from Virginia, taking in the greatness of America (or at least that…
Jun 25 2008
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Patrick Kennedy is a bad man. He was convicted in 2003 of the brutal rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter in 1998 — a rape so brutal that it required the services of a cleaning company to remove the blood from the carpets and extensive surgery to repair the little girl's internal injuries. For his crime, the state of…
Nov 15 2007
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A Saudi Arabian woman has been sentenced to 200 lashes for being gang raped by six men; this was her sentence after a retrial! The original trial had sentenced her to 90 lashes, but her own lawyer found that punishment too lenient, since she could have been given the death penalty according to Saudi law. The woman…
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