WHYY

‘A firewall’: Delaware lawmakers approve first leg of amendment removing death penalty from state constitution

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Delaware is one step closer to permanently abolishing the death penalty in the ...
PBS

Delaware returns to death penalty debate after prison uprising

Just after 10 a.m. EDT on Feb. 1, a group of inmates took four staff hostage as they seized control of Building C at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware, with 120 prisoners ...
The News Journal

Lawmakers renew efforts to strip Delaware death penalty from constitution. Here's why

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill to remove the death penalty from the state's constitution. Although Delaware has not executed anyone in over a decade, the death penalty remains legal ...
WBOC

Delaware Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Enshrine Death Penalty Ban

DOVER, DE- Death penalty abolitionists rallied at Legislative Hall on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to support House Bill 35, which would permanently enshrine the state's ban on capital punishment in ...