Death Penalty Ineffective in Reducing Homicide Rates, Study Finds
The Death Penalty Information Center’s “What to Know” report concludes that decades of research have failed to produce credible evidence that the death penalty reduces homicide rates.
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- The Davis Vanguard Comment PolicyThe Davis Vanguard supports open, thoughtful, and meaningful discussion of important issues affecting our community and society....
- Op-ed | Let’s Play Contamination Whack-a-Mole with Opponents of Village Farms DavisOpponents of the Village Farms Davis project are using fear-mongering tactics to scare the public about the potential risks of PFAS contamination in the groundwater beneath the Old Davis Landfill, when in fact the risk is infinitesimally low and the City of Davis is the primary source of PFAS contamination in the Yolo Bypass.
- Davis Amtrak Station Receives $1M for Bicycle and Pedestrian Upgrades from Rep. Mike ThompsonU.S. Rep. Mike Thompson presented a $1 million federal check to the City of Davis to support bicycle and pedestrian improvements at the Davis Amtrak Station, which will improve access for residents south of the station and enhance multimodal access.
- Advocates Warn Trans and Nonbinary People at Bedford Hills Are at Risk Amid Prison ConditionsAdvocates and lawmakers are calling for urgent intervention at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York due to multiple deaths and mounting reports of unsafe and inhumane conditions affecting transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals, and are demanding an independent investigation into the unjustified uses of force.
- Meditations: We Don’t Need to Leave the Planet to See and Feel the EarthThe Artemis II mission is a gender-balanced and Earth-centered mission, but its main claim to fame is taking it just a few hundred miles further than Apollo 13, and getting no closer than 4000 miles to the moon, which is a reminder of the darkness of humanity and the need for self-understanding.