Death Penalty

California Governor and Six District Attorneys Say Death Penalty Is Arbitrary and “Infected by Racism”

U.S. Plans to Execute Lezmond Mitchell Over Navajo Nation’s Objections

Alabama Court Finds Trial Lawyer Ineffective in Death Penalty Case

After Proving Racial Bias Infected His Death Sentence, Marcus Robinson’s Life Sentence Stands

Study Reveals Racial Bias in Executions

North Carolina Supreme Court Requires Review of Racial Bias in Death Penalty Cases

Nathaniel Woods and the Race to Execute People

Georgia Board Grants Clemency to Jimmy Meders

Death Penalty Decline Continued in 2019

Racial Disparities Are Increasing as the Death Penalty Declines

Nevada Court Orders Man’s Release from Death Row Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct and Inadequate Defense

Tennessee Man’s Death Sentence Vacated After Racial Discrimination and Prosecutorial Misconduct

Death Penalty Declining in Indiana

Charles Ray Finch Exonerated 43 Years After He Was Sentenced to Death in North Carolina

Supreme Court Reverses Mississippi Death Penalty Case Due to Racial Bias

New Hampshire Abolishes the Death Penalty