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Death Penalty
Death Penalty news and analysis from The Nation
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August 16, 2019
When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.
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July 26, 2019
William Barr’s decision amounts to playing politics with death.
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July 15, 2019
How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.
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June 10, 2019
Duterte will take control of Congress, but his quest for more power must be stopped.
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April 4, 2019
Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is the nation’s only anti–death penalty organization run by death-row prisoners.
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April 3, 2019
In an appalling majority opinion, Gorsuch endorses pain-filled deaths for people subjected to capital punishment.
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February 19, 2019
The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.
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January 9, 2019
Sentenced to life in prison without parole as teenagers, these inmates never thought they’d be free—now they’re preparing for a life outside.
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July 19, 2018
This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.
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July 18, 2018
Madeleine Baran’s stunning investigative podcast grapples with our so-called “justice” system.
