Death and Dereliction
A 4-year-old girl was killed in Tucson. Before the medical examiner had even determined a cause of death, Barry Jones became the sole suspect.
Memphis, a majority black city, can't take down a statue honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest because state law blocks the removal of Confederate monuments.
William Morva is set to die on July 6, despite evidence he is severely mentally ill. Will Gov. Terry McAuliffe kill him anyway?
Gina Grimm always wondered about her biological parents. Then she found out that her father was Jack Jones Jr., a man on death row in Arkansas.
Trials of Richard Glossip
After a sweeping review of Oklahoma’s system of capital punishment, a bipartisan panel warns that the state must correct “systemic flaws.”
As a planned execution spree falls apart, Arkansas refuses to confront its history of sending innocent people to die.
Marcel Williams is scheduled for execution on April 24, despite mitigating evidence showing horrific childhood trauma.
If Arkansas carries out seven executions this month, it will continue a long tradition of experimentation, torture, and secrecy in the name of justice.
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Gorsuch about euthanasia and abortion, yet utterly failed to probe his record on capital punishment.
Despite his relatively minor crime, at trial the state of Louisiana cast Shannon as “the worst kind of defendant. He’s a predator.”
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