Murderville
Inman is serving a life sentence for murder. But DNA evidence implicates another man, Hercules Brown, who went on to kill at least two other people.
Marion Wilson Jr. is set to die on June 20 in the state that gave rise to the so-called modern death penalty era. But the system is as unfair as ever.
“It obviously didn’t register with him what had happened,” said one attendee at Montgomery’s parole hearing. “He just looked stunned. As we all did.”
Tennessee and Alabama both carried out executions using midazolam on May 16. Witnesses described unusual movement. What will the autopsies show?
Forensic practices used to convict people and send them to prison still lack meaningful scientific underpinning.
In the official narrative of capital punishment, there are victims and there are victimizers. The reality is far more complicated.
Monday’s Supreme Court death penalty decision sparked outrage. But the court has long given constitutional cover to the most grotesque executions.
After $5 billion spent on a failed system, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a moratorium granting a temporary reprieve to 737 people on California's death row.
Playing With Fire
Garrett was denied parole in 2018 against the recommendation of Tennessee’s parole commissioner. Will Nashville’s Conviction Review Unit take up his case?
Confronted with mounting evidence that midazolam causes excruciating pain, a judge warned that Ohio’s lethal injection protocol was likely unconstitutional.
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