News South Carolina Brings Back Death By Firing SquadJeroslyn JoVonnMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022 by Jeroslyn JoVonnMarch 22, 2022March 22, 20221995 As many push for the American government to do away with the death penalty, the state of South Carolina has upped the ante on the...
Study: Killers of Black Men Less Likely to Get Death PenaltyJanell HazelwoodSeptember 23, 2015September 25, 2015 by Janell HazelwoodSeptember 23, 2015September 25, 2015458 Loyola University research finds racial and gender disparities in punishment for crimes, where white men are less likely to get the death penalty....
Lifestyle News These Men Spent 27 Years in Prison for a Crime They Did Not CommitCristie LeondisDecember 15, 2014December 15, 2014 by Cristie LeondisDecember 15, 2014December 15, 2014683 In 1975, three young men were wrongfully convicted of the murder of a Cleveland salesman and were sentenced to death. Brothers Kwame Ajamu and Wiley...
News Botched Oklahoma Execution: Condemned dies after “43 minutes”Richard SpiropoulosApril 30, 2014November 3, 2017 by Richard SpiropoulosApril 30, 2014November 3, 2017301 An execution using a lethal injection in Oklahoma usually averaged about six minutes....
News N.C. Repeals Its Death Penalty Racial Bias LawAaron MorrisonJune 6, 2013 by Aaron MorrisonJune 6, 2013208 The 152 people awaiting executions on death-row will lose a lifeline in capital punishment cases....
News In the News: Obama Raises Over $70 Million for 2012 Campaign; Gallup Poll Shows 35 Percent Oppose Death Penalty and MoreJanel MartinezOctober 13, 2011 by Janel MartinezOctober 13, 2011179 See what’s going on in the world with today’s compilation of news around the Web...
News Why Twitter Couldn’t Save Troy DavisAlfred Edmond, Jr.September 22, 2011November 14, 2017 by Alfred Edmond, Jr.September 22, 2011November 14, 2017741 I cared about Troy Davis—not just him, but the millions of others like him behind bars, including the more than 3,000 on death row. I...