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As COVID-19 Ravages California’s Death Row, the State Attorney General Fights to Keep It Packed

Lara Bazelon

July 27, 2020 2:40 PM
An Oral History of the First Federal Execution Under Donald Trump

Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah

July 24, 2020 11:03 AM
The Return of Federal Executions

Mary Harris

July 16, 2020 2:29 PM
The First Federal Execution in 17 Years
Podcast Episode What Next July 16, 2020 5:00 AM
The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Death Penalty Decision Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Legally Indefensible.

Mark Joseph Stern

July 14, 2020 3:05 PM
The Fight to Stop Federal Executions Isn’t Over

Jeremy Stahl

July 02, 2020 4:16 PM
North Carolina Supreme Court Grants Death Row Prisoners a Second Chance

Jeremy Stahl

June 05, 2020 6:10 PM
Florida Supreme Court Destroys Precedent Protecting Mentally Disabled People From Execution

Mark Joseph Stern

May 22, 2020 4:36 PM
Missouri Pushes to Execute a Possibly Innocent Man During the Pandemic

Austin Sarat

May 13, 2020 10:49 AM
Death Penalty States Won’t Turn Over Scarce COVID-19 Drugs

Austin Sarat

April 20, 2020 3:02 PM
City Agrees to Test DNA in Landmark Case That Could Exonerate an Executed Man

Jeremy Stahl

Feb 03, 2020 1:25 PM
Florida Supreme Court Gives Itself the Power to Shred Liberal Precedent, Starting With Death Penalty Limits

Mark Joseph Stern

Jan 23, 2020 6:21 PM
A New Lawsuit Seeks to Prove Ledell Lee Was Innocent When Arkansas Executed Him

Jeremy Stahl

Jan 23, 2020 11:35 AM
The Big Problem With Elizabeth Warren’s Anti–Death Penalty Stance

Ben Miller and Daniel S. Harawa

Jan 22, 2020 12:08 PM
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Just Mercy

Matthew Dessem

Dec 25, 2019 9:03 AM
Saudi Arabia Sentences Five to Death for Jamal Khashoggi Murder in Istanbul

Elliot Hannon

Dec 23, 2019 7:37 AM
Kentucky’s GOP Governor Issues Hundreds of Pardons, Many Controversial, Before Leaving Office

Elliot Hannon

Dec 13, 2019 10:38 AM
Just Mercy Stars Michael B. Jordan as a Real-Life Atticus Finch

Inkoo Kang

Dec 11, 2019 5:50 AM
Why the Supreme Court Rebuked the Trump Administration’s Quest for Speedy Executions

Mark Joseph Stern

Dec 07, 2019 1:20 PM
Kamala Harris Got No Momentum From a Strong-Looking Start

Julia Craven

Dec 04, 2019 9:09 PM