Death Penalty

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Relief to Alabama Death Row Prisoner and Voices Concerns About Alabama’s Death Penalty System

Alabama’s Use of Death Penalty Draws Criticism

Concerns About Lethal Injection Continue to Grow

Alabama Man Wins Relief After 31 Years on Death Row

California Set to Debate Abolition of Capital Punishment

Prosecutors Will Not Seek New Death Sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Oregon Governor Will Allow No More Executions

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Says Lengthy Imprisonment Before Execution is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Supreme Court Denies Review in Texas Case Where State Relied on Defendant’s Race to Obtain Death Sentence

Texas Execution of a Man Believed to Be Innocent Continues to Draw Attention

State of Alabama Executes Christopher Johnson Despite Questions About His Mental Competency

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Alabama Case Where Mailroom Mistake Cost Death Row Inmate His Appeals

Appeals Court Orders New Trial For Death Row Prisoner

State of Alabama Executes Derrick Mason Even Though Sentencing Judge Admits His Death Sentence Was a Mistake

Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Despite Evidence of Innocence

Supreme Court Stays Texas Execution in Case Tainted by Racial Bias