Feature
July 24
An oral history of the first federal execution under Donald Trump, as told by victims’ relatives, prison staff, and others.
Feature
July 21
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.
News
June 11
The North Carolina state Supreme Court has upheld the controversial Racial Justice Act, which opponents repealed in 2013
Coronavirus
March 23
Colorado abolished capital punishment. But COVID-19 is pausing it everywhere else.
Case in Point
September 17, 2019
How Lezmond Mitchell became the only Native American on federal death row.
News
August 7, 2019
North Carolina Supreme Court hearings raise broad questions of systemic bias in the state judicial system.
Feature
January 6, 2019
More than a year ago, Nevada death row prisoner Scott Dozier gave up his legal appeals and asked to be executed. He’s still waiting.
News
October 15, 2018
After forcing Nevada into a legal battle over its lethal injection drugs, an execution “volunteer” says the state is punishing him.
Q&A
October 2, 2017
A new book explores the slow demise of the ultimate punishment.
Life Inside
February 16, 2017
‘I can’t touch him and comfort him.’