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Death Penalty
Death Penalty news and analysis from The Nation
July 19, 2018
This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.
July 18, 2018
Madeleine Baran’s stunning investigative podcast grapples with our so-called “justice” system.
March 22, 2018
Prosecutors across the country are already applying Trump’s “tough" approach through the use of drug-induced-homicide laws.
March 15, 2018
Trump’s call to execute drug dealers is bizarre and irrational, but so is our criminal-justice system.
March 13, 2018
He was the first person in the history of Alabama’s use of lethal injection to walk out of the execution chamber alive.
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March 2, 2018
The State of Alabama was warned that its planned execution of Hamm would be painful and torturous. It kept going anyway.
November 14, 2017
A new wave of “progressive” prosecutors has made big promises. But is it possible for them to bring change when they are so reliant on law enforcement to do their jobs?
October 18, 2017
A new investigation shows that DA associations are thwarting changes to the death penalty, sentencing, and more.
April 21, 2017
The overseers of our capital punishment system are increasingly standing alone.
January 16, 2017
When we grant states the right to kill its citizens, we are accepting all forms of state-sanctioned violence.
