Law

Liliana Segura On Troy Davis: Death Penalty ‘Condemns Innocent People To Die’ Liliana Segura On Troy Davis: Death Penalty ‘Condemns Innocent People To Die’

Nation associate editor Liliana Segura pays a visit to Up With Chris Hayes to discuss the specifics of Davis's case—and whether the controversy that surrounds ...

Sep 26, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

No Justice for Troy Davis

No Justice for Troy Davis No Justice for Troy Davis

Should we as a society act like the murderers that we punish?

Sep 23, 2011 / Nation in the News / Countdown

Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name

After mourning, fight back by helping these four groups redouble their efforts to abolish capital punishment in the US.

Sep 22, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice

In my own experience as a journalist covering this issue, the vast majority of politicians who defend capital punishment do so out of rank opportunism.

Sep 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer

The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’ The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’

Rejecting international pleas, domestic protests and evidence that Troy Davis was innocent, the state of Georgia put him to death under a process that former Supreme Court Justice ...

Sep 22, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

The Killing of Troy Davis

The Killing of Troy Davis The Killing of Troy Davis

There will not be justice for Troy Davis. But his case has reawakened Americans to a relic of injustice that must be abolished once and for all.

Sep 21, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors

Top Ten Death Penalty Songs (In Tribute to Troy Davis) Top Ten Death Penalty Songs (In Tribute to Troy Davis)

Here's my stab at a list of the top ten songs ever written in opposition to capital punishment.

Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Melissa Harris-Perry on Troy Davis: ‘There’s Simply Too Much Doubt’ Melissa Harris-Perry on Troy Davis: ‘There’s Simply Too Much Doubt’

Troy Davis's case is an "international human rights violation question," says Harris-Perry.

Sep 20, 2011 / Nation in the News / MSNBC

TODAY, Georgia Murders Troy Davis TODAY, Georgia Murders Troy Davis

The state of Georgia is about to take part in the legal lynching of an innocent man.

Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Supreme Court Blocks Rick Perry’s Texecution of Inmate ‘Based on the Color of His Skin’ Supreme Court Blocks Rick Perry’s Texecution of Inmate ‘Based on the Color of His Skin’

GOP front-runner Perry says he “never struggled” with questions about whether Texas is wrongfully executing death row inmates. But the High Court has intervened to say ...

Sep 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

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