Who pays, and doesn’t pay, federal income taxes in the U.S.?
Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
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Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
Every UN member state faces a periodic review of its human rights record. But the issues raised in these reviews can vary depending on which countries are doing the reviewing.
While most Americans continue to favor the death penalty for murder convictions, far fewer people are receiving death sentences than in years past.
Oklahoma’s botched execution of Clayton Lockett has renewed debate about how, and whether, the U.S. should impose the death penalty.
Over the past half-century, public support for the death penalty has generally tracked increases and declines in rates of violent crime.
Although capital punishment is practiced in only a relative handful of countries (140 countries have abolished it in law or in practice, according to Amnesty International), there were nearly 100 more executions around the world last year than in 2012, a 14% increase. The chart above, created by The Economist based on Amnesty’s data, graphically […]
Faced with overcrowded prisons and soaring correctional costs, states are rethinking how to define and punish drug crimes.
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