For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...

A recent rash of executions and high profile death penalty cases with credible claims of innocence show just how hard it is ...

Moore's attorney describes a formerly addicted man who is now a devout Christian, a good father and a changed man. Only the ...

Moore's death sentence, imposed by an all-white jury more than 20 years ago, raised questions about whether he got a fair ...

A pastor ordained while he has languished on death row for almost 30 years is among convicted offenders now facing the prospect of executions being restarted in a US state.

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

The Governor was asked by the Innocence Project and thousands of Americans to stop the killing of Marcellus Williams, who had been placed on death row in Missouri for the killing of Felicia Gayle ...

On Oct. 15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams ... Associated Press.

The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn ... from authorities to review his case. In September, Marcellus Williams died by lethal injection in Missouri after St. Louis ...

The parole board has recommended clemency in a death row case only six times since the state resumed ... execution would come ...