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 ...

The last Black man on South Carolina's death row to be convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury, according to his attorney, is set to be executed for killing a convenience store clerk during an ...

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

The letter is an indication of the deep concern among all layers of the American bourgeoisie of the economic and geopolitical ...

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 ...

Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams. Williams was executed on Sept. 24 in Missouri despite protests from the case’s prosecutors and ...

The parole board has recommended clemency in a death row case only six times since the state resumed executions in 1982 ... Roberson’s scheduled execution would come less than a month after Missouri ...