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February 19, 2019
Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.
The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.
Ashoka Mukpo
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March 13, 2018
Why Is No One Demanding an Explanation for the Torture of Doyle Hamm?
He was the first person in the history of Alabama’s use of lethal injection to walk out of the execution chamber alive.
Nicola Cohen
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March 2, 2018
The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Doyle Lee Hamm
The State of Alabama was warned that its planned execution of Hamm would be painful and torturous. It kept going anyway.
Jake Bittle
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November 10, 2017
Philadelphia Just Elected the Most Radical DA in the Country—Now What?
Larry Krasner has pledged to fight mass incarceration, and activists say they’ll be watching.
Daniel Denvir
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November 12, 2016
Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning
Local prosecutor and sheriff races are winnable and build power.
Robert J. Smith and Whitney Tymas
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November 7, 2016
This Texas Prosecutor Jailed a Rape Victim—Could It Cost Devon Anderson Her Election?
Devon Anderson has a troubling record, and voters may dismiss her tomorrow.
Jessica Pishko
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October 4, 2016
Tonight, Tim Kaine Needs to Make Mike Pence Answer for His Party
The GOP has launched a “Willie Horton”–style racist attack ad—and tonight is Kaine’s chance to destroy it.
John Nichols
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May 31, 2016
The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection
Timothy Foster got justice, but prosecutors still have wide leeway to exclude black jurors.
Kami Chavis
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May 11, 2016
How Will Philadelphia’s District Attorney Handle Resentencing Its Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Population?
Seth Williams says he’s “smart on crime,” but his record says otherwise.
Jessica Pishko
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March 15, 2016
It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty
A man who had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to die challenged Clinton on the death penalty. We need more of these moments.
Hannah Riley