New Hampshire Legislature Overrides Veto, Abolishes Death Penalty

Mark Joseph Stern

May 30, 2019 1:11 PM

John Oliver Shows Lethal Injections Can Be Just As Grisly As the Guillotine

Natalia Winkelman

May 06, 2019 12:44 PM

White Supremacist Executed for Racially Motivated 1998 Murder That Changed How Hate Crimes Are Prosecuted

Elliot Hannon

April 24, 2019 9:32 PM

Saudi Arabia Carries Out Mass Execution of 37 People in a Single Day

Elliot Hannon

April 23, 2019 8:50 PM

How John Roberts Is Shaping the Supreme Court’s Newly Savage Death Penalty Jurisprudence

Steven V. Mazie

April 23, 2019 10:31 AM

The Case That Made Clarence Thomas Speak for the First Time in Three Years

Dahlia Lithwick

April 13, 2019 10:00 AM

Texas Seeks to Deny All Inmates Access to Clergy at Execution Rather Than Accommodate a Buddhist

Mark Joseph Stern

April 03, 2019 5:36 PM

The Supreme Court’s Bitter Feud Over a Controversial Death Penalty Case Boils Over Into the Public

Mark Joseph Stern

April 02, 2019 4:24 PM

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Legalized Torture

Mark Joseph Stern

April 01, 2019 1:14 PM

Why Did Brett Kavanaugh Change His Mind About the Rights of Religious Minorities in the Execution Chamber?

Mark Joseph Stern

March 29, 2019 5:30 PM

Is the Tide Finally Turning on the Death Penalty?

Jeremy Stahl

March 28, 2019 11:36 AM

Why Capital Punishment Policy Lingers, Even Though Death Penalty Cases Have Cratered in Recent Years

Mary Harris

March 22, 2019 5:00 AM

Gov. Newsom to Sign Executive Order Halting Death Penalty in California

Elliot Hannon

March 12, 2019 11:32 PM

Roberts Confirms He’s the New Swing Justice

Mark Joseph Stern

Feb 27, 2019 12:12 PM

Trump Is the Least Pro-Life President Ever

William Saletan

Feb 08, 2019 8:03 PM

Appeals Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Muslim Inmate Without the Presence of His Imam

Mark Joseph Stern

Feb 06, 2019 5:48 PM

The Electric Chair Is Back and the Death Penalty Is on Life Support

Austin Sarat

Dec 11, 2018 2:36 PM

Washington Supreme Court Outlaws Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 18, 2018 1:57 PM

Washington Supreme Court Outlaws Death Penalty in the State for Good

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 11, 2018 12:26 PM

The Key Supreme Court Cases That Will Be Affected if Kavanaugh Doesn’t Get Confirmed in September

Mark Joseph Stern

Sept 18, 2018 7:35 PM