News & Commentary about Capital Punishment
Apr 25, 2016
Texas Courts Rely on 'Of Mice and Men' to Define Intellectual Disability and Sentence People to Death
Feb 9, 2016
Brendan Dassey, Max Soffar, and the False Confession Playbook
Nov 2, 2015
If Nothing Happens Between Now and Tonight, Missouri Will Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man
Sep 10, 2015
Montez Spradley, an Innocent Man Once on Death Row, Is Free
Aug 13, 2015
Connecticut Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional
Jul 1, 2015
The Death Penalty Has an Innocence Problem — and Its Days Are Numbered
Mar 18, 2015
How Did a Lifelong Prison Sentence for an Iraq Vet Turn Into an Imminent Death Sentence?
Feb 18, 2015
Replacing the Noose With a Needle: The Legacy of Lynching in the United States
Jan 15, 2015
Oklahoma Plays Torture Roulette With Lethal Injection