Death Sentences
May 6
“I don’t understand trying to kill somebody who is already dying,” says the sister of Idaho death-row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto.
Death Sentences
April 15
A growing number of conservative lawmakers want to overhaul capital punishment, or end it.
Death Sentences
April 5
The men arrested in recent killings in Atlanta, Boulder, Colorado, and Orange, California, could face very different sentences if convicted.
Death Sentences
March 12
Biden vowed to end the death penalty. A recent court filing suggests where he might start.
Death Sentences
February 10
The Marshall Project tracked every execution in America for more than five years. For condemned people, the path to death grew longer, more winding and erratic.
Looking Back
January 26
In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Let the Lord Sort Them,’ Marshall Project staff writer Maurice Chammah explains where a 1970s legal team fighting the death penalty went wrong.
Death Sentences
January 14
Feds spent millions to restart the death penalty and in the process revealed much about how they do it.
Death Sentences
January 8
Mental illness, childhood abuse and brain injuries affect a large share of those who face the death penalty.
Feature
July 24, 2020
An oral history of the first federal execution under Donald Trump, as told by victims’ relatives, prison staff, and others.
Feature
July 21, 2020
A Florida family opted for restorative justice over the death penalty for the man who murdered their mom. What happened next made them question the very meaning of justice.