Death Penalty

Pope Francis Calls on the United States to Abolish the Death Penalty

Montez Spradley Released from Prison After Years Spent Wrongly on Alabama’s Death Row

Death Sentences Drop in Three High-Use Counties Amid Concerns About Capital Punishment

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional

Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct in Capital Trial

Former Prosecutor Says Texas Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Global Decline of Capital Punishment Continues

Study Finds Stark Racial Disparities in Missouri Death Penalty

Glenn Ford Dies a Year After His Exoneration and Release from Louisiana’s Death Row

Alabama Death Row Prisoner Carlos Kennedy Wins New Trial

Supreme Court Justices Raise Questions About the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Supreme Court Holds Louisiana Man Sentenced to Death Is Entitled to Hearing on Intellectual Disability

Texas Man Is 154th Person Exonerated and Released from Death Row in the U.S.

New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Life Without Parole to Death Penalty

California Prosecutors Barred from Death Penalty Case for Misconduct

Supreme Court to Address Illegal Racial Discrimination by Georgia Prosecutors