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Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.
Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
As a U.S. senator, Harris pushed criminal justice reforms. Will she run on her ideas — or run away from them?
Weeks after neo-Nazis marched through the city, attendees at a bitcoin conference laughed off Trump’s racism and authoritarianism.
Murder at the Motel
Oklahoma’s attorney general believes Glossip’s conviction should be overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts chose a former clerk to argue that the AG is wrong.
While the court refused to review the 1985 case of Charles McCrory, Sotomayor urged states to pass laws to help exonerate people imprisoned on debunked forensic evidence.
Richard Rojem’s death sentence was twice overturned by appellate courts, but his conviction itself has never been fully revisited.
If the courts agree to vacate the conviction, Lucio will have spent 16 years on death row for a crime that never happened.
Pye is scheduled to die Wednesday night. His conviction raised red flags, including alleged racism by his own trial attorney.
Three years after Trump’s unprecedented killing spree, the death row visitation project offers a lifeline for those who survived.
Murder at the Motel
Almost 10 years after the court greenlit Glossip’s execution, the justices have agreed to hear evidence of his innocence.