Next to Die

Billie Allen, center, with his friends on federal death row who were executed, from left: Orlando Hall, Corey Johnson, Dustin Higgs, Brandon Bernard and Christopher Andre Vialva.

Life Inside April 1

Living With Survivor’s Guilt on Federal Death Row

I escaped Donald Trump’s last-minute execution spree. Now I have to find a way to keep fighting.

By Billie J. Allen

Death Sentences February 10

What 120 Executions Tell Us About Criminal Justice in America

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.

By Tom Meagher

Life Inside July 16, 2020

A Dispatch From Federal Death Row

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.

By Billie J. Allen

On the way to solitary confinement in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.

Commentary April 18, 2016

Some of Our Best Work of the Past Year

From David Simon's Baltimore anguish to elite police fraternities to teens behind bars.

By Bill Keller

The still to be used lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison, California. Opened in 2010 at the cost of $853,000.

News December 9, 2015

Highlights From Our Death Penalty Discussion

Journalists Liliana Segura, Gabriel Dance and Maurice Chammah took your questions about the death penalty and criminal justice reporting. Here are some of the highlights.

By Pedro Burgos

Commentary November 18, 2015

Five Things Wrong With Georgia’s Death Penalty

On the eve of the next execution, a look at the state’s history of bad lawyering and faulty evidence.

By Sara J. Totonchi

First & Latest September 30, 2015

Georgia Executed its First Woman in 70 Years

A closer look at why female executions are so rare.

By Simone Weichselbaum