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
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.
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.
Life Inside
July 16, 2020
Days before Daniel Lewis Lee became the first federal prisoner executed in 17 years, fellow death row resident Billie J. Allen wrote about the shared terror of wondering who’s next.
Case in Point
September 17, 2019
How Lezmond Mitchell became the only Native American on federal death row.
Life Inside
April 25, 2019
“It was as though a small part of me died with each execution.”
Case in Point
April 17, 2019
A South Dakota case reflects the national debate on whether execution should be banned for the mentally ill.
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.