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Jan 18, 2021

‘This is Not Justice’ — Federal Execution Spree Ends with Planned Execution of African-American on Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday

An his­tor­i­cal­ly aber­rant six-month fed­er­al exe­cu­tion spree came to a close after mid­night on January 16, 2021 when an African-American man who was sched­uled to die on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth­day was put to death…

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Jan 17, 2022

MLK Day 2022: The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Death Penalty

On Martin Luther King Day, DPIC looks at the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s views on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. In a November 1957 arti­cle in Ebony, Dr. King was asked ​“Do you think God approves the death penal­ty for crimes like rape…

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Religion

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Jan 18, 2016

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Death Penalty

On Martin Luther King Day, DPIC looks at the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s views on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. In a November 1957 arti­cle in Ebony, Dr. King was asked ​“Do you think God approves the death penal­ty for crimes like rape a…