Death Row

Feature January 6

The Volunteer

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.

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside December 20, 2018

“Only this music captures my bitter, visceral pain.”

By Timothy White

Life Inside December 6, 2018

“We don’t live on death row; we wait to die.”

By Paul Brown

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.

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside August 30, 2018

Or, what happens when guards and prison staff interact as just human beings.

By Lyle May

News June 18, 2018

Charles Rhines argued jurors sent him to death row in part because they knew he was gay.

By Maurice Chammah

Case in Point April 2, 2018

What Victims Want

Did a prosecutor lie about whether the family of a murder victim wanted the death penalty?

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside March 22, 2018

Featuring an “impresario,” a gyrating orange juggler, and an audience-pleasing grand finale.

By George T. Wilkerson

News March 15, 2018

The state knows shockingly little about how this would work.

By Eli Hager

Case in Point January 29, 2018

Justice Poker

Sometimes capital punishment is just the luck of the draw.

By Andrew Cohen