death-penalty
A Brief History of Botched Executions in America
Michelle Dean · 04/30/14 12:40PMFirst things first: The crime that brought Clayton Lockett to Oklahoma's death chamber did not present a hard case, as violent murders go. Lockett was sentenced to death almost 15 years ago for the murder of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman, who he shot and then, with friends, buried alive off a country road. His guilt was not in dispute in his final set of appeals. The arguments were all focussed on the way he was going to die, about the sources and kinds of drugs that were going to kill him.
Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Botched Execution
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/29/14 07:49PMStudy Estimates 4% of Death Row Inmates Should Be Exonerated
Hamilton Nolan · 04/28/14 03:50PMOnly White People Support the Death Penalty
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Ray Jasper Has Been Executed
Hamilton Nolan · 03/20/14 08:39AMTexas death row inmate Ray Jasper was executed by lethal injection last night. He wrote to us twice as part of our "Letters from Death Row" series. You can read his letters to us here, and a letter from the brother of his victim here. He is the fourth one of our death row correspondents to be executed.
Ray Jasper Will Likely Be Executed Tomorrow
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Angela Corey's Special Talent Is Putting Black Men on Death Row
Hamilton Nolan · 03/10/14 09:45AMThe Brother of Ray Jasper's Victim Shares His Story
Hamilton Nolan · 03/05/14 11:23AMYesterday, we shared a letter from Texas death row inmate Ray Jasper, who is scheduled to be executed this month. Jasper was convicted of participating in the 1998 murder of a man named David Alejandro. Today, David Alejandro's brother Steven shares his own perspective on Ray Jasper, the trial, and the death penalty.
A Letter From Ray Jasper, Who Is About to Be Executed
Hamilton Nolan · 03/04/14 03:09PMMore Evidence That Texas Wrongfully Executed a Man
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The Electric Chair Could Soon Make a Comeback
Hamilton Nolan · 02/05/14 11:46AMLetters From Death Row: Ray Jasper, Texas Inmate 999341
Hamilton Nolan · 01/02/14 03:28PMAmerica Is Gradually Becoming Less Bloodthirsty
Hamilton Nolan · 12/19/13 11:29AMMissouri Executes Serial Killer White Supremacist Who Shot Larry Flynt
Taylor Berman · 11/20/13 02:00PMHow Low an IQ Is Too Low to Be Executed?
Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/13 09:37AMThe Supreme Court is set to review the case of Freddie Lee Hall, a mentally retarded man in Florida who was sentenced to death for participating in a rape, robbery, and two murders. They tackle two main questions: How high an IQ should be necessary for capital punishment? And is IQ measurement even precise enough to be used in cases like this?