Death and Dereliction
Barry Jones insisted upon his innocence for more than two decades. A federal judge just threw out his conviction.
Billy Ray Irick, scheduled to die on August 9, is just one of many people condemned to die in Tennessee despite evidence of severe mental illness.
In “The Sun Does Shine,” Hinton describes how racism sent him to die for two crimes he didn't commit.
At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss.
As Trump’s abuse of the pardon power grabs headlines, formerly incarcerated activists continue the long fight for federal criminal justice reform.
Montgomery won’t be executed on April 11. Yet undisclosed evidence, an unreliable co-defendant and unanswered questions still raise concerns about his case.
Just months after Ohio failed to kill 69-year-old Alva Campbell, Alabama tried for two and a half hours to execute Hamm, a man with terminal cancer.
The judge who sentenced Bobby Bostic to the practical equivalent of life without parole for armed robbery spoke publicly for the first time about his case.
Death and Dereliction
Medical experts testified that Rachel Gray’s fatal injury could not possibly have occurred within the window presented at trial.
A petition before the Supreme Court argues for overturning Arizona’s death penalty law — and abolishing capital punishment altogether.
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