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Vivian Tuttle holds a photo of her daughter Yvonne, who was murdered during a 2002 bank robbery in Norfolk, Neb., as she testifies in favor of the death penalty at a public hearing in Omaha, Neb. in October 2016 (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file).
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Joe Hoover, S.J.
The fight against the death penalty lays bare the strengths and weaknesses of the Catholic approach to pro-life issues.
This combination of undated file photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmates Jack Jones, left, and Marcel Williams. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP, File)
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Andrew DeMillo - Associated PressKelly P. Kissel - Associated Press
After going nearly 12 years without executing an inmate, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days—including two in one night.
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Michael J. O’LoughlinKevin Clarke
A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party's pro-choice orthodoxy.
Omaha Democratic mayoral candidate Heath Mello waves to supporters at a rally on April 20.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Robert David Sullivan
The expulsion of pro-life candidates may doom the Democrats to minority status.
Miroslava Breach Velducea. Photo courtesy of Patricia Mayorga.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.
In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 file photo,toppled and damaged headstones rest on the ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Rachel Zoll - Associated Press
The Anti-Defamation League found evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election.