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Death Penalty

  1. the law
    President Biden And Vice President Harris Speak At Democratic National Committee's Holiday Reception
    Joe Biden’s Big Reversal on the Death PenaltyQuite unexpectedly, the president has made good on a campaign pledge he seemed to have abandoned.
    By Elie Honig
  2. crime and punishment
    The Death Penalty Case That Went Too FarOklahoma is set to kill Richard Glossip, but he’s almost certainly innocent. Even Republicans there are in revolt.
    By Lara Bazelon
  3. the system
    Why Is the Firing Squad Making a Comeback?South Carolina’s push to bring back an archaic execution method says a lot about the state of capital punishment today.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  4. crime and punishment
    Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Marathon BomberThe decision creates a dilemma for Joe Biden, who opposes the federal death penalty even as his Justice Department sought it for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. death penalty
    Attorney General Merrick Garland Suspends Federal ExecutionsGarland ordered a review on the practice following the Trump administration’s spree of executions in his final days in office.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. death penalty
    South Carolina Understands What the Death Penalty Is ForState senators want to execute people by firing squad. That would be as brutal as the death penalty itself.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. crime
    The Last Man Set to Be Executed by the Trump AdministrationWhat to know about Dustin Higgs, the final person scheduled to be killed in Trump’s cruel and unprecedented execution spree.
    By Claire Lampen
  8. death penalty
    A Horrific, Tragic Story Ends in ExecutionLisa Montgomery committed a terrible crime after a lifetime of physical and sexual torture left her disconnected from reality.
    By Bridget Read
  9. death penalty
    Trump’s Last-Minute Execution Spree Has BegunThe lethal injection of Brandon Bernard is the first lame-duck federal execution since 1889. Four more inmates are slated to die before Trump is out.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. ghouls
    Trump Is Killing People on His Way Out of the White HouseThe president’s definition of “law and order” is a bloody one.
    By Sarah Jones
  11. death penalty
    The Capricious Execution of Daniel Lewis LeeThe federal government has put its first prisoner to death in 17 years. It’s still unclear why.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. death penalty
    U.S. Government Executes First Federal Inmate Since 2003An early morning Supreme Court ruling, split 5-4 down ideological lines, allowed the government to proceed with Daniel Lewis Lee’s execution.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. death penalty
    Colorado Abolishes the Death Penalty, Becoming the 22nd State to Do SoGovernor Jared Polis obeyed COVID-19 era social distancing mandates and announced his historic signing via press release.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  14. el paso shooting
    Don’t Give the El Paso Killer the Death PenaltyFederal hate-crime charges were announced against Patrick Crusius last week.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  15. capital punishment
    It Looks Like Colorado Is Abolishing the Death PenaltyThe repeal movement’s main legislative hurdle was overcome on Friday.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  16. death penalty
    Americans Are Souring on Capital Punishment. Will It Last?For the first time on record, Americans cite life imprisonment as their preferred punishment for people convicted of murder.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. criminal justice
    Trump and Barr Don’t Care About Victims. They Care About Their Right to Kill.Executions of federal prisoners are set to resume in December. Victims’ families have lined up to oppose them.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  18. mass shootings
    The Trump Administration Thinks the Death Penalty Can Stop Mass ShootingsThe death penalty doesn’t deter violence. But it’s Trump’s preferred solution.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  19. mass shootings
    Robert Bowers Killed 11 Jewish People. The Death Penalty Is Not the Answer.The death penalty means little where casual state violence runs rampant.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  20. justice
    The Death Penalty Is a Farce. William Barr’s Plan Might Make It Torturous.Capital punishment in America is racist and punishes innocent people at unconscionable rates. William Barr’s plan to use pentobarbital makes it worse.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. death penalty
    Trump’s DOJ Brings Back Capital Punishment 16 Years After Last Federal ExecutionAfter three executions in the last 30 years, the Trump administration plans to execute five people in the next six months.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. vision 2020
    Biden Seeks to Cleanse His Record With Criminal-Justice-Reform ProposalJust as Biden once sought “cover” with tough-on-crime policies, he’s now reversing course to protect his status with African-American voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. supreme court
    Muslim Man Executed After Supreme Court Denies Plea to Have Imam PresentOn Thursday, the Supreme Court denied Domineque Ray’s request to have an imam present during lethal injection. He was put to death shortly thereafter.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. death penalty
    Texas’s Death-Penalty System Is a Travesty. Joseph Garcia Is Proof.The death penalty in America is marked by its racism and ineptitude. In Texas on Tuesday, a man will be killed in one of its more absurd applications.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. death penalty
    Tennessee Man Is First U.S. Inmate Killed By Electric Chair in Five YearsEdmund Zagorski chose to die in the electric chair to avoid the pain of lethal injection.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. death penalty
    Washington Supreme Court Declares State Too Racist to Kill People“The death penalty, as administered in our state, fails to serve any legitimate penological goal.”
    By Eric Levitz
  27. California Democrats Endorse de León Over FeinsteinFeinstein remains the favorite, but the party endorsement keeps de León alive, with the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings taking on a new dimension.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Trump Opioids Plan to Include Good Ideas — Also, Executing Drug DealersThe president’s long-awaited plan (reportedly) includes evidence-based reforms — and the death penalty for drug dealers.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. opioid epidemic
    Trump Administration Looking into Death Penalty for Drug DealersThey even got a PowerPoint from Singapore.
    By Chas Danner
  30. Trump’s Latest Idea for Solving the Opioid Crisis Is Executing Drug DealersAfter advocating for the idea in private, Trump is going public with the maniacal plan.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. Florida Executes Murderer With Drug Never Before Used in Lethal InjectionsConvicted killer Mark James Asay lost his last appeal, and was executed on Thursday night.
    By Jen Kirby
  32. Gorsuch’s Arrival at SCOTUS Lethal for Arkansas Death-Row InmatesThe new Justice was the deciding vote that allowed Arkansas’s breakneck schedule of lethal injections to proceed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas’s Execution SpreeThe state will appeal the ruling, but may not be able to get its controversial execution schedule back on track.
    By Chas Danner
  34. Drug Companies Join Effort to Stop Arkansas Execution SpreeThe companies say the state broke rules to obtain the drugs, which are not supposed to be used in executions.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. Arkansas to Execute 7 Men in 11 Days As Lethal Drug Nears ExpirationThe inmates have sued, calling the rapid pace of executions reckless and unconstitutional.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. Charleston Gunman Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to DeathThe jury reached a verdict in about three hours.
    By Jen Kirby
  37. After Prior Failure, GOP Tries Attacking Tim Kaine on Death Penalty AgainIt backfired when his gubernatorial opponent trotted it out a decade ago.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Death Sentences Are Slowly Vanishing From the U.S. Only six states executed prisoners in 2015.
    By Jaime Fuller
  39. death penalty
    Oklahoma Reportedly Used Wrong Drug in ExecutionIt took Charles Warner 18 minutes to die. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  40. capital punishment
    Oklahoma Attorney General Asks to Stay All Executions After Glossip Drug Mix-upHe wants to investigate why two lethal-injection drugs were swapped.
    By Jonah Shepp
  41. capital punishment
    Richard Glossip Granted Stay of Execution, But Not Because He May Be InnocentThere are questions about the legality of Oklahoma’s lethal-injection drugs.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. capital punishment
    Is Oklahoma About to Execute an Innocent Man?Richard Glossip didn’t kill his boss, and the case against him relies on the testimony of the man who did.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. death penalty
    Connecticut Supreme Court Says 11 Inmates on Death Row Can’t Be ExecutedThe state banned the death penalty in 2012. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  44. the law
    SCOTUS: Death-Row Inmates Must Pick Their PoisonIn an explosive 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma’s lethal-injection protocol. And Breyer invites a constitutional challenge to the death penalty.
    By Cristian Farias
  45. supreme court
    Supreme Court Upholds Use of Execution DrugThe decision was 5–4.
    By Jaime Fuller
  46. crime and punishment
    Will Republicans Follow Nebraska and Give Up the Death Penalty?Nebraska just became the first red state in 40 years to ban capital punishment, a sign that conservative rationale against the practice may be taking hold.
    By Chas Danner
  47. death penalty
    Nebraska Lawmakers Vote to End Death PenaltyIt’s the first conservative state to do so since 1973. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  48. boston bombing trial
    Testimony Hints Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Feels RemorseAn anti-death-penalty advocate and nun testified that Tsarnaev told her the Boston Marathon bombing victims did not deserve “to suffer like they did.”
    By Adrienne Gaffney
  49. Expert Witness Isn’t Expert at Internet ResearchThe Supreme Court gets ready to debate lethal injection. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  50. boston bombing
    Richard Family Opposes Death Penalty for Bomber“We know that the government has its reasons for seeking the death penalty, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
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