capital-punishment
Supreme Court Grants Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Neurologically Impaired Missouri Man
Chris Thompson · 11/03/15 09:47PMLawmakers in Nebraska — Nebraska! — Vote to End the Death Penalty
Adam Weinstein · 05/20/15 12:30PMGeorgia Executes Mentally Disabled Man
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/27/15 09:03PMThe Death Penalty Is Slowly Dying
Hamilton Nolan · 12/18/14 11:40AMCalifornia's Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional
Aleksander Chan · 07/16/14 08:05PMA federal judge in Southern California ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote that the "dysfunctional administration of California's death penalty system" has led to years-long delays for executions. According to the Los Angeles Times, 900 people have been given the death penalty in California since 1978—only 13 have been executed.
Letters From Death Row: Pete Russell, Texas Inmate 999443
Hamilton Nolan · 07/09/14 01:59PMTennessee Brings Back the Electric Chair
Taylor Berman · 05/23/14 07:44AMAdam Weinstein · 05/16/14 08:12AM
Study Estimates 4% of Death Row Inmates Should Be Exonerated
Hamilton Nolan · 04/28/14 03:50PMOnly White People Support the Death Penalty
Hamilton Nolan · 03/28/14 11:53AMRay Jasper Will Likely Be Executed Tomorrow
Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/14 03:09PMCountry Has 400 Inmates That Need Executing, But Can't Find a Hangman
Adam Weinstein · 03/17/14 10:28AMMore Evidence That Texas Wrongfully Executed a Man
Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/14 12:13PMHamilton Nolan · 02/11/14 03:12PM
Cord Jefferson · 01/16/14 02:33PM
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 06/30/13 10:08AM
Mississippi Denies Inmate DNA Test, Set to Execute Him on Tuesday
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 05/04/13 02:14PMInescapable 'Free Mumia' Signs Finally Do Something Good
Max Read · 12/07/11 03:05PMAfter 30 years of "Free Mumia" signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers being omnipresent at every single even vaguely left-leaning rally, the state of Pennsylvania has announced that it will no longer seek the death penalty against the journalist and former Black Panther, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.