Search results for 'capital punishment' (40)
Nearly three decades after Rodney Reed was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Stacey Stites, new evidence and allegations of racial bias are fueling efforts to overturn his conviction.
Wrongful convictions are often defined by numbers: the number of lives upended, the number of years unjustly served, and the number of systemic failures that allowed such injustices.
In a surprise announcement, Lammy said the King has granted a conditional pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, after she was convicted of murdering her abusive lover.
Texas has executed its 600th inmate, administering a lethal injection to Edward Busby and reinforcing its status as the nation’s leading death penalty state even as executions continues to slow.
25 April 2026 — Cold rain didn’t stop people today from marching in Philadelphia to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The day before was the revolutionary writer’s 72nd birthday and 44th year in prison.
Ohio’s capital punishment system has come into sharp focus with the release of two reports that examine the state’s death penalty record and draw starkly different conclusions about the future.
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