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
Since the Supreme Court legalized capital punishment in 1976, Harris County, Texas, has executed 126 people. That's more executions than every individual state in the union, barring Texas it... Read more
The appeal, filed by the high-profile attorney behind the Hawaii federal case fighting Trump's travel ban, challenges the overly broad qualifying factors that can make a murder conviction de... Read more
The nation's declining rate of executions has leveled off, but opponents of capital punishment say the death penalty remains on borrowed time. The 2017 total could approach 30 before the yea... Read more
We celebrate today the 15th World Day against the Death Penalty. As of today, 105 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. In the past 25 years, 60 countries have abolished... Read more
The European Union is leading an international effort to end global trade in torture devices and lethal drugs used in capital punishment - an initiative that could spell curtains for the dea... Read more
