Death Penalty

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

New Hampshire Senate Passes Death Penalty Repeal With Veto-Proof Majority

Supreme Court Denies Review in Case Raising Anti-Gay Bias

State Calls Off Christopher Price Execution After Stay

Momentum to Abolish Death Penalty Growing in California