death-penalty

Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/13 04:11PM

Warren Hill, a mentally retarded death row inmate in Georgia, will be executed on July 15 unless the courts step in to save him again.

Taylor Berman · 06/26/13 06:54PM

Texas just executed its 500th person since 1982, when the state resumed using the death penalty.

Hamilton Nolan · 06/26/13 02:10PM

Tonight, the state of Texas is scheduled to carry out its 500th execution since the death penalty was legalized there in 1982.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/04/13 01:54PM

Tomorrow Saudi Arabia will behead seven men for crimes they committed as juveniles.

America Is in Great Company With Our Enthusiasm for Executions

Hamilton Nolan · 08/31/12 10:05AM

The U.S. of A, the greatest country on earth, has legally executed 27 people this year, and more than 1,300 since we resurrected the death penalty back in 1976. Mr. Presidential Candidates, what will YOUR administration do to ensure that the USA is not eclipsed by nations like Iraq and Gambia, who are trying to Even Greater Than Us, in a "killing their own citizens" sense?

Taylor Berman · 08/07/12 07:21PM

The state of Texas just killed a man with an IQ of 61.

Inescapable 'Free Mumia' Signs Finally Do Something Good

Max Read · 12/07/11 03:05PM

After 30 years of "Free Mumia" signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers being omnipresent at every single even vaguely left-leaning rally, the state of Pennsylvania has announced that it will no longer seek the death penalty against the journalist and former Black Panther, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.

Texas Might Execute an Innocent Man This Week

Lauri Apple · 11/07/11 04:59AM

On Wednesday, Texas is scheduled to execute Hank Skinner for the murders of three people. For years, his lawyers have sought DNA testing of unanalyzed evidence, the results of which could prove his innocence—but the courts have rejected their requests every time. The "ultimate justice" machine stops for no one!

Texas Ends Special Last Meals for Death Row Inmates

Jim Newell · 09/22/11 04:40PM

It's just not good enough to kill them, in Texas. Because following last night's execution of Lawrence Brewer, a white supremacist who killed a black man by dragging his body from the back of his pick-up truck and eventually severed his head, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has decided to stop granting special "last meals" to those being executed. Brewer's meal, see, was over-the-top!

Texas Doesn't Execute Someone for Once

Richard Lawson · 09/16/11 08:19AM

While convicted double murderer Duane Buck's guilt is not in question, his death penalty sentence is. So in a last-minute measure — Buck had already eaten his last meal — his execution was stayed, because during his sentencing hearing the prosecution had a psychologist testify that black people are more likely to commit crimes.

Rick Perry's Killing of an Innocent Man Is Somehow a Political Asset

Jim Newell · 08/03/11 02:51PM

Probable presidential candidate Rick Perry, like other Texas governors, has a history of executing tons of people. The most famous case is that of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed under Perry for burning down his home with his three children inside, even though there's significant evidence that he didn't do it. How will Perry ever get past this in a presidential primary? Trick question! He doesn't have to "get past" anything, because Republican primary voters like him for doing this.