Death Penalty
Firing Squad or Electric Chair? That’s the Choice for Death Row Inmates in South Carolina.
A new bill is part of the wave of pro-capital punishment states looking to resume executions with archaic methods.
Alabama Is Trying to Go Through With a Potential Superspreader Execution
Willie B. Smith would be the first person put to death at the state level since July 8.
Virginia Set to Become First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty
Bills have been passed by the state Legislature, and Gov. Northam said he would support the change.
Lisa Montgomery's Sister Recounts Her Life of Abuse Before Death Row
She shared the horrific details with VICE News shortly before Montgomery was scheduled to be executed as part of Trump's final death-penalty push.
Prison Counselor Created a Burner Twitter Account to Mock Death Row Inmates, Lawsuit Says
Attorney Ashley Kincaid Eve has filed a defamation suit.
Trump Is Executing 3 More People Before He Leaves Office. Here Are Their Stories.
The Trump administration has already executed more prisoners than any other presidency in 130 years.
Brandon Bernard Was Just Put to Death In Trump's Unprecedented Push for Executions
His death marks the ninth federal execution this year.
Racism Tainted Julius Jones' Murder Conviction. He's on Death Row Anyway.
“I have spent the past 20 years on death row for a crime I did not commit, did not witness and was not at,” Jones, now 40, wrote in his 2019 commutation application.
Trump Is Trying to Bring Back Firing Squads
Allowing the federal government to use firing squads for executions is one of 36 "midnight regulations" the administration is trying to push through before Trump leaves office.
COVID Delayed the First Federal Execution of a Woman in 70 Years
Two of Lisa Montgomery's lawyers have the virus.
The Forgotten Story of the Last Teenager Hanged in England
Sixty years on, the little known story of Francis “Flossie” Forsyth still haunts those who knew him.
As Rape Protests Rock Bangladesh, A Survivor Explains How the Country Failed Its Women
“If women were given justice the proper way, we wouldn’t be here.”