Victoria Valenzuela Subsatck After years of abolitionists pushing for Newsom to keep his 2019 promise to end the death penalty in California, their efforts were successful. In 2019, Governor Gavin…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Last spring, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson announced he would be seeking death warrants for three of the fifty-seven inmates on Nevada’s death row. He said…
Janine Jackson FAIR CounterSpin interviews with Dahlia Lithwick (2014) and Liliana Segura (2020) on the death penalty The October 16, 2026, episode of CounterSpin included archival interviews with Slate reporter…
As Newsom’s term comes to an end, exonerees, victims’ families, and international coalitions are calling on the governor to commute the state’s remaining 578 death sentences Victoria Valenzuela Prism During…
By Victoria Valenzuela / Substack In 1953, Tommy Lee Walker was 19 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, executed by the state of Texas less…
While Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 people on federal death row, advocates remain concerned about the three people he left behind.
By Equal Justice Initiative Despite St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell’s opposition, Missouri executed Marcellus Williams, 55, Tuesday for a 1998 killing that he consistently maintained he did not…
Faith leaders and jurors from the original trial launched a public campaign to reconsider recanted testimony in Cantu’s case. Texas courts declined.
