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Death Penalty Moratorium
Death Sentences
February 10, 2021
What 120 Executions Tell Us About Criminal Justice in America
The Marshall Project tracked every execution in America for more than five years. For condemned people, the path to death grew longer, more winding and erratic.
By
Tom Meagher
Analysis
August 14, 2016
Are Evangelicals Ditching the Death Penalty?
As demographics change, a move toward mercy.
By
Maurice Chammah
Commentary
June 9, 2016
Poster Child
How Terrance Williams became the face of the death penalty debate in Pennsylvania.
By
Andrew Cohen
News
December 7, 2015
The Death Penalty in 2015
Join us for a chat on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. about the state of the death penalty in 2015, and what's to come in 2016
By
Maurice Chammah
News
November 19, 2015
The Unfolding Campaign to Save the Death Penalty
Supporters rally around a more efficient system of execution.
By
Maurice Chammah
Q&A
November 16, 2015
The Odds of Overturning the Death Penalty
The man who helped topple it (briefly) in 1972 gauges the likelihood of success.
By
Maurice Chammah
News
August 28, 2015
Back on the Agenda: Nebraska’s Death Penalty
A grassroots effort aims to restore what the legislature just ended.
By
Maurice Chammah
Looking Back
April 30, 2015
‘No Human Is Wise Enough to Decide Who Should Die’
The life and death of Robert Utter, former state Supreme Court justice and death penalty opponent.
By
Ken Armstrong
News
February 13, 2015
Another Death Penalty Moratorium
As Pennsylvania hits pause on capital punishment, the script sounds familiar.
By
Ken Armstrong
News
December 1, 2014
A Plea from the Right
Conservative stalwarts urge Texas to spare Scott Panetti.
By
Maurice Chammah