Washington state’s Supreme Court abolished the death penalty on Thursday on the grounds that it was applied randomly…
Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, Chr…
More than a year ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated…
In 2005 the United States became the last country to end the death penalty for offenders under 18 years old. Adolescent…
If President Donald Trump had his way, he would “love to have a law” that sentences major drug dealers to death.
The Washington state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban the death penalty, leading the state one step closer…
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for an Alabama death row inmate whose dementia, his lawyers argue,…
Keith Tharpe should have been dead.
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, if the U.S. Supreme Court does not intercede, the state of Georgia will execute Keith Tharpe.
At no point in modern history has Florida executed a white man for killing a black victim. But that may change Thursday…
Updated: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; 3:30 p.m. EDT: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has issued a stay of execution in the case…
Two police officers in Kissimmee, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, have died after a shootout Friday night.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida is investigating after a noose was mailed to the office of State Attorney…
Florida prosecutor Aramis Ayala on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott after he stripped her office of some…
White supremacist Dylann Roof has pleaded guilty to state murder charges in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre of…
Dylann Roof—the white supremacist who was convicted earlier this year of several federal charges, including hate…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott removed State Attorney Aramis Ayala from the case of accused cop killer Markeith Loyd on…
In what only can be described as a mad rush toward death, the state of Arkansas plans to execute eight inmates in April…
Duane Buck may get justice yet. On Wednesday the Supreme Court of the United States ordered a new hearing for Buck, a…
Mississippi lawmakers are pushing forth a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber as methods of…
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