On the surface, Thursday’s decision by the state of Washington’s Supreme Court declaring its death penalty unconstitutional might seem to impact only the folks tucked away in the nation's no... Read more
China likes to present itself as an alternative model to lead the world, but critics say its justice system still has a very long way to go. More people are executed in China each year than... Read more
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The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option? Read more
Gone are the days when people were publicly hanged for their crimes, but we don’t live in a better society. The Death Penalty Information Center notes that there are over 2,800 people curren... Read more
CNN’s “Death Row Stories” focused on Bastrop County in a recent episode that fleshed out the complex 1996 slaying of Stacey Stites and the decadeslong murder trial of Rodney Reed. Read more
Anthony Ray Hinton endured almost three decades behind bars, wrongly convicted by Alabama’s racist judiciary system. Here, he tells his incredible story of his years detained on Alabama’s de... Read more
Activist Kimberly Davis came to UNC's campus Monday night to speak about her family’s long struggle to prove the innocence of her brother, who was executed by the state of Georgia in 2011. Read more
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More than 60 years have passed since Ruth Ellis was hanged for the murder of her lover and became the last woman to be executed in Britain. Since then there have been countless books, plays,... Read more
