Is Rick Perry Ready to Execute an Innocent Man? Is Rick Perry Ready to Execute an Innocent Man?
Texas death row prisoner Larry Swearingen has faced execution three times for a crime medical experts say he could not possibly have committed.
Aug 30, 2011 / Jordan Smith
A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row
Troy Davis is one of thousands who face execution for crimes they may not have committed.
Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation
New Lethal Injection Drug Could Amount to Torturing Prisoners to Death New Lethal Injection Drug Could Amount to Torturing Prisoners to Death
Facing a shortage of lethal injection drugs, some death penalty states have begun switching up the drug cocktail used in executions—but is this experimentation legal?
May 24, 2011 / Press Room
The Executioner’s Dilemma The Executioner’s Dilemma
Because of a lethal injection drug shortage, some death penalty states have started tinkering with the drug cocktail used in the procedure. But in their rush to kill inmates, are o...
May 12, 2011 / Liliana Segura
Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty
Americans are rejecting capital punishment in greater numbers than ever before.
Mar 21, 2011 / The Nation
Voting on the Death Penalty? Voting on the Death Penalty?
American support for the death penalty is flagging. So why did some candidates make it an election issue?
Nov 11, 2010 / Anna Louie Sussman
Troy Davis Innocence Claim Denied Troy Davis Innocence Claim Denied
Witnesses whose false testimony sent Troy Davis to death row are now trying to do the right thing. Will Georgia?
Sep 8, 2010 / Jen Marlowe
Stalling Justice Stalling Justice
Would Illinois rather keep an innocent man behind bars than admit a mistake?
Nov 4, 2009 / The Editors
‘Worse Than Death’ ‘Worse Than Death’
Now that New Mexico has ditched the death penalty, not much will change--except for the worse.
Apr 2, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Whither Capital Punishment Whither Capital Punishment
As a seven-month national moratorium on executions comes to an end, where does the student movement against the death penalty go?
Sep 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation