#BlackLivesMatter

Take a look back at everything that led to the fateful, controversial execution in Georgia.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

Witnesses to the execution of Oklahoma death row inmate John Grant described a cruel and inhumane lethal injection process that left him convulsing and vomiting for "nearly 15 minutes" before dying, contradicting reports it was "without complication."

Virginia moved one step closer to abolishing the death penalty, a measure that polling shows is overwhelmingly supported by Black state residents.

Crime

UPDATE 6:49 P.M. EST HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Dallas County prosecutors say they aren’t appealing a state judge’s decision to halt the scheduled Tuesday evening execution of a Texas woman. Kimberly McCarthy, 51, would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. since 2010. Click here to read more. —————————————————————————- Convicted Texas […]