What It Took for a Red State to Pause Executions

What Next

Dec 07, 2022 5:00 AM

In the Middle Ages, Botched Executions Were a Sign

Sara McDougall and David Perry

Dec 04, 2022 5:45 AM

I’ve Seen a State Put Someone to Death. Don’t Celebrate What’s Happening in Alabama.

Joel Zivot

Nov 30, 2022 12:01 PM

A New Low for Lethal Injections’ Cruelty and Incompetence

Austin Sarat

Nov 21, 2022 1:31 PM

Arizona Is Trying to Hide Its Execution Practices From the Press

Austin Sarat

Nov 14, 2022 3:40 PM

The Problem With How Courts Decide Whether Someone Can Be Executed

Mia Armstrong-López

Oct 24, 2022 5:50 AM

Why the Parkland Jury Chose Not to Sentence Nikolas Cruz to Death

Austin Sarat

Oct 13, 2022 8:46 PM

Alabama Wants to Become the Second State in 76 Years to Get an Execution Do-Over

Austin Sarat

Oct 11, 2022 3:45 PM

South Carolina Judge Bars State Executions Method Similar to “Being Burned Alive” and “Torture”

Austin Sarat

Sept 09, 2022 2:39 PM

Sister Helen Prejean on Oklahoma’s Upcoming Execution Spree

What Next

Aug 23, 2022 5:00 AM

Alabama’s Latest Botched State Killing Once Again Shows the Cruelest Method of Execution

Austin Sarat

Aug 08, 2022 11:52 AM

The Vindication of Stephen Breyer

Jeremy Stahl

July 14, 2022 11:08 AM

Lessons for Progressives From a Devastating Supreme Court Loss

Austin Sarat

July 07, 2022 11:27 AM

Remembering When the Supreme Court Actually Respected the Sanctity of Life

Janai Nelson

June 30, 2022 3:46 PM

When Will Texas Stop Executing People Whose Death Sentences Were Unconstitutional?

Joseph Margulies

June 22, 2022 2:38 PM

How Americans Got Comfortable With Killing at the Push of a Button

Rachel Plotnick

June 20, 2022 5:50 AM

A Texas Court Brazenly Defied SCOTUS. The Conservative Justices Just Rewarded It.

Mark Joseph Stern

June 13, 2022 5:41 PM

The Supreme Court Just Gutted Another Constitutional Right

Leah Litman

May 23, 2022 2:30 PM

Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Tried to Reduce Racial Bias in the Death Penalty. Did It Work?

Austin Sarat

May 11, 2022 11:01 AM

When Can the Government Execute Someone With Serious Mental Illness?

Mia Armstrong

May 04, 2022 11:10 AM