Facing Life in Prison Based on Shoddy Evidence, a Florida Mother Makes a Deal
Michelle Taylor was accused of setting a fire that killed her son for insurance money — even though the arson evidence didn’t hold up.
Liliana Segura
Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. She was previously an associate editor at the Nation Magazine, where she edited a number of award-winning stories and earned a 2014 Media for a Just Society Award for her writing on prison profiteering. While at The Intercept, Segura has received the Texas Gavel Award in 2016 and the 2017 Innocence Network Journalism Award for her investigations into convictions in Arizona and Ohio. In 2019 she was honored in the Abolitionist category of the Frederick Douglass 200, a recognition given by the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Trump Will Be Long Gone Before Luigi Mangione Faces Execution
The Trump administration vows to seek the death penalty “whenever possible.” But federal cases move slowly, and few result in a death sentence at all.
The Arson Evidence Doesn’t Hold Up. Florida Is About to Convict Her for Murder Anyway.
Florida prosecutors say Michelle Taylor used gasoline to set a fire that killed her son. Top forensic chemists say they’re wrong.
Trials of Richard Glossip
After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
After the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, his fate is in the hands of an Oklahoma City district attorney.
Out for Blood
Biden Commuted Their Death Sentences. Now What?
As three men challenge their commutations, others brace for imminent prison transfers and the finality of a life sentence with no chance of release.
Out for Blood
“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree
Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones.
Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.
Out for Blood
Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.
Out for Blood
Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?
With Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations will stop another federal execution spree.
Texas Lawmakers’ Unprecedented Actions Halt Robert Roberson’s Execution — For Now
Following the state Supreme Court’s last-minute intervention, Roberson is expected to testify next week at a legislative hearing on Texas’s junk science law.