Feds to File Utterly Irrelevant Hate Crime Charges Against Dylann Roof
He's never getting out state prison, assuming he doesn't get executed.
Death Penalty
Edward Snowden Should Be Publicly Hanged, Former Intel Committee Vice Chairman Says
Let's be more like Iran or ISIS
SCOTUS Rejects 8th Amendment Challenge to Oklahoma Death Penalty Drug
"Some risk of pain is inherent in any method of execution."
Drama as FDA Prepares to Confiscate Execution Drugs Headed for Nebraska
State and federal governments set to clash, according to a report from BuzzFeed News.
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
5 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in June
The High Court prepares to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage, death penalty drugs, and more.
Nebraska's Republican-Dominated Legislature Abolishes Death Penalty
Nebraska becomes first predominately Republican state to abolish capital punishment in more than 40 years
BREAKING: Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death
Legal battles still loom
Ex-prosecutor Apologizes to Exonerated Man He Put on Death Row
"I was arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself."
Missouri Set to Execute Man Who Is Literally Missing Part of His Brain
If this doesn't count as mentally disabled...
Why Conservatives Should Fight for Death Penalty Drug Transparency
Capital punishment fails the "conservative litmus test."
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
Federal Judge Denies Death Row Inmates Access to Information on the Drugs That Will Kill Them
The inmates argued they had a First Amendment right to information that would ensure their Eighth Amendment rights were protected.
Idaho Bill Seeks to Make Executions Even Less Transparent
Broadly written law could hide sources of lethal injection drugs and even the identity of an executed prisoner.
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Protocol
One week after allowing an Oklahoma inmate's execution to be carried out, SCOTUS agrees to hear appeal over the state's use of a controversial execution drug.
King Abdullah's Moderate Beheadings
When 'moderate' is a euphemism for 'friendly to U.S. interests'
Saudi Man Arrested for Capturing Beheading on Video
Saudi Arabia beheaded at least 83 people last year, many publicly, but unlike ISIS it doesn't want video of its acts on the Internet.
Larry Flynt Fights to Shed Light on Missouri's Mysterious Death Penalty Drugs
Missouri, like many states, is secretive about the drugs it uses in executions.
The Right Side of Death
Why some conservatives are changing their minds on capital punishment
A Lethal Injection of Reality
Medicalizing executions helps maintain support for the death penalty.
Hanging Delayed is Hanging Denied: Abolish the Dysfunctional Death Penalty
Long delays and legal maladministration are further reason to dump capital punishment.
Botched Execution Fuels Death Penalty Opposition
Government can't even kill people right.
Barbarism in the USA: Arizona's Botched Execution
There are limits to the type of punishment the state can impose on prisoners in America.
Arizona Inmate Dies 'Gasping and Snorting' Two Hours After Lethal Injection
"I've witnessed a number of executions before and I've never seen anything like this."
Arizona Supreme Court Delays Man's Execution
To examine claim filed with court this morning
Surpeme Court OKs Ariz. Execution Despite Use of Mystery Drug
Lethal injections still look sanitary so governments prefer them despite the trouble acquiring a supply
