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Gregg v. Georgia
Death Sentences
June 22
How The Death Penalty At 50 Is Far More Broken Than We Knew
The racial disparities, the arbitrary outcomes, the endless waiting and the risk of executing the innocent persist.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Jill Castellano
Commentary
March 30, 2016
It’s Been 40 Years Since the Supreme Court Tried to Fix the Death Penalty — Here’s How It Failed
A close look at the grand compromise of 1976.
By
Evan J. Mandery