The Top 5 Most Wrongful Executions Of All-Time

With the scheduled execution of Troy Davis in Atlanta, Georgia today, the controversy surrounding the execution is what has the…
09.21.11
Is The Death Penalty Once Again A Hot-Button…

While the death penalty has long been a hot-button political issue in the U.S., as of late it has not received as…
05.10.12
Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution Due To Racist…

HUNTSVILLE, Texas  — The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder…
09.16.11
Man Executed For Rape, Murder Of Elderly Woman

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A man who raped and suffocated an 88-year-old woman was executed, becoming Virginia’s first inmate to…
08.19.11
Gone For Good! Judge Gives Ohio Serial Killer…

CLEVELAND— A serial killer will be put to death for murdering 11 women and dumping their bodies around his property,…
08.12.11
Dirty Tactics? Judges Push Death Penalty To Get…

Judges in Alabama are using their power, ignoring juries and imposing the death penalty on defendants who kill white victims,…
07.20.11
Ala. Judges Impose Death, Though Juries Vote For…

Since 1976, Alabama state judges have overturned 107 jury decisions in capital cases, and in 92 percent of those cases,…
05.10.12
Obama, U.N. Urge Texas To Delay Execution Of…

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The planned execution Thursday of a Mexican national has prompted a flurry of appeals on his behalf,…
07.07.11
Stay Of Execution! Illinois Shuts Down Death Row

CHICAGO — Death row in Illinois is dead. On Friday, a ban that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law in…
07.01.11
Death Penalty May Be Ruled Unconstitutional In Texas

WASHINGTON — At a hearing scheduled for Monday, December 6, a district court in Texas will decide whether the death…
12.02.10
Supreme Ct. Won’t Stop Execution Of Mentally Disabled…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a stay of execution appeal from Teresa Lewis, scheduled to be the first…
05.10.12
North Carolina Inmates Allege Bias, Challenge Death Sentences

The Racial Justice Act, only the second of its kind in the United States, has given inmates sentenced to death…
08.23.10
Texas Judge Says Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional
03.06.10
Inmate’s Drug Use Saves Him From Execution
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