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Texas Court Recommends New Trial for Jewish Death Row Inmate Whose First Trial Was Overseen by ‘Anti-Semitic’ Judge

Colin KalmbacherOct 12th
Death Penalty Upheld for Ohio Man Who Murdered Cousin and Child, Parents

Marisa SarnoffOct 7th
Justice Breyer Calls for Court to Review Death Penalty Jurisprudence as Oldest Man on Texas Death Row Fails to Have His Case Heard

Colin KalmbacherOct 4th
D.A. Seeks Death Penalty Against Mom Who Allegedly Murdered Kids, Called 911, and Waited for Cops While Covered in Blood

Jerry LambeSep 23rd
Supreme Court Grants Texas Inmate Last-Minute Stay of Execution, Orders Arguments Over Role of Spiritual Advisors in Death Chamber

Elura NanosSep 9th
In Emergency Petition, Baptist on Death Row in Texas Asks SCOTUS to Let Pastor ‘Lay Hands Upon Him’ at Moment of Execution

Colin KalmbacherSep 7th
Texas Inmate Wants Baptist Pastor to ‘Lay Hands Upon Him’ at Moment of Execution. The Fight May End Up at SCOTUS

Elura NanosAug 31st
Oklahoma Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty Against Man Who Allegedly Murdered Brother and 5 Children

Alberto LuperonAug 27th
Sharply Divided Federal Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence Over 1985 Murder, Finding Convicted Killer Is Not ‘Intellectually Disabled’

Elura NanosAug 23rd
Judge Seals Fate of Oklahoma Serial Killer After Jury Recommended Death Penalty in Slaying of Teen

Adam KlasfeldAug 19th
Sotomayor Dissents in Death Penalty Case, Calls Out Kavanaugh and Conservative Justices for Turning ‘This Court’s Words’ into an ‘Empty Gesture’

Colin KalmbacherMay 24th
Justice Sotomayor Says Grisly Detail About Pencil Being Jammed into a Prison Guard’s Eye Was ‘Irrelevant’ to Death Penalty Case

Colin KalmbacherMay 17th
Accused Atlanta-Area Spa Murderer Should Get Death Penalty for Hate Crimes and ‘Domestic Terrorism’: Prosecutors

Adam KlasfeldMay 11th
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh May Have Caused Alabama to Rethink Its Death Penalty Protocol

Elura NanosFeb 26th
Top Takeaways from Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland’s Confirmation Hearings

Adam KlasfeldFeb 22nd
Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Shrouds Life-and-Death Cases in Secrecy, Scholars Warn House Judiciary Committee

Adam KlasfeldFeb 18th
A Bipartisan Group of Virginia Lawmakers is Pushing to Abolish the Death Penalty

Elura NanosJan 30th
Over Complaints from SCOTUS Liberals, Corey Johnson Becomes Fifth Person Executed By Lame-Duck Trump Administration

Elura NanosJan 15th
Trump Administration’s Execution of Only Woman on Federal Death Row Criticized as ‘Craven Bloodlust of Failed Administration on Full Display’

Elura NanosJan 13th
Justice Sotomayor Says Decision to Execute Brandon Bernard ‘Perversely Rewards’ Government Misconduct

Elura NanosDec 11th