death-penalty
How Much Do Executions Cost?
Hamilton Nolan · 11/12/14 09:58AMSupreme Court Halts Execution of Missouri Inmate
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/28/14 10:00PMHamilton Nolan · 10/23/14 04:45PM
Belgium Will Euthanize Jailed Rapist Who Doesn't Want to Live Anymore
Allie Jones · 09/16/14 04:15PMBelgium's authorities have agreed to euthanize Frank Van Den Bleeken, a prisoner serving a life sentence for rape and murder. Even though the country doesn't have the death penalty, authorities have let prisoners with terminal illnesses be put to death since 2002. Van Den Bleeken's illness, however, is psychiatric—he says his desire to be sexually violent will never go away.
Man Convicted of Murder Dares Judge to Give Him the Death Penalty
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/14/14 06:43PMWillie Tyrone Trottie Has Been Executed
Hamilton Nolan · 09/11/14 12:10PMProsecutor Who Sent Innocent Man to Death Row Proud He's No "Pussy"
Hamilton Nolan · 09/08/14 08:33AMU.S. Couple Charged With Murdering Mother in Bali May Face Death Penalty
Dayna Evans · 08/16/14 09:40AMCould We Have Some Real Scientists Look At Executions Now, Please?
Michelle Dean · 07/24/14 11:00AMCalifornia's Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional
Aleksander Chan · 07/16/14 08:05PMA federal judge in Southern California ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote that the "dysfunctional administration of California's death penalty system" has led to years-long delays for executions. According to the Los Angeles Times, 900 people have been given the death penalty in California since 1978—only 13 have been executed.
Letters From Death Row: Pete Russell, Texas Inmate 999443
Hamilton Nolan · 07/09/14 01:59PMHealing Inmates in Order to Kill Them
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/14 10:39AMSupreme Court Strikes Down Florida's IQ Tests For The Death Penalty
Michelle Dean · 05/27/14 10:10AMThis morning the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Hall v. Florida. Florida uses a bright-line IQ threshold score of 70 to determine if an inmate is too intellectually disabled to be executed. And in 5-4 decision, written by Justice Kennedy, the Court struck down that threshold as unconstitutional.
Letters From Death Row: Willie Tyrone Trottie, Texas Inmate 999085
Hamilton Nolan · 05/23/14 11:01AMGabrielle Bluestone · 05/21/14 07:36PM
Will We Learn Anything From Today's Missouri Death Penalty Circus?
Michelle Dean · 05/21/14 02:21PMClayton Lockett's botched execution in April may have left a sour aftertaste about the increasingly shady business of executing criminals in America, but it's not clear that it has changed any part of the process. Today, in the case of Russell Bucklew, the Supreme Court is taking another look at the messy circumstances of capital punishment.