Texas Executes Ivan Cantu Despite Doubts of His Guilt
Faith leaders and jurors from the original trial launched a public campaign to reconsider recanted testimony in Cantu’s case. Texas courts declined.
Despite Mounting Doubts About His Guilt, Ivan Cantu Running Out of Time to Avoid Texas’ Death Chamber
Convicted of killing his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée, the death row inmate hopes recanted testimony and other new details spur a review of his case.
The Fight for Richard Glossip’s Death Row Exoneration
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Countless cases lay bare the raw injustice of the death penalty in the United States. The case of Richard Glossip is…
White Man’s Justice Is Black People’s Grief: A Black History Month Truth
By Kevin Cooper / Original to ScheerPost “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you play the game that matters.” That’s what my people are often…
The Alabama State Government’s Killing of Kenneth Smith
The State of Alabama has become the very thing it claimed to be punishing: a contract killer.
California’s Longest Serving Death Row Prisoner Goes to Trial to Prove Police Framed Him For a Murder He Didn’t Do 46 Years Ago
Four decades after Douglas “Chief” Stankewitz was condemned to death, his lawyers will show evidence in Superior Court that accuses Fresno law enforcement of framing him for murder.
US Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Alabama Nitrogen Gas Execution
"The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment, and we urge Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to use her clemency power to stop the execution of Kenneth Smith…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Richard Glossip’s Appeal: High-Profile Innocence Case Where the State Supports Relief
By Death Penalty Information Center On January 22, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to Richard Glossip, sentenced to death in Oklahoma, whose innocence case has received international attention. Mr. Glossip’s…
Alabama’s Nitrogen Gas Execution Thursday Will Be Cruel and Unusual Punishment
A public-defender-turned-death penalty abolitionist and a medical doctor argue that Alabama's plan to begin executing convicts with nitrogen gas cannot be seen as anything other than a violation of the…
Behind the Curtain: Finding Counternarratives About Death Row
Ahead of the first ever experimental execution by suffocation using nitrogen gas scheduled in Alabama next week, think about the many ways the state uses its iron-fisted power to control…
New Legislation on the Death Penalty This Year
By The Death Penalty Information Center The first month of 2024 marks the start of new legislative sessions for many states and a number of new proposals pertaining to the…
UN Rights Experts Says Alabama Nitrogen Execution May Constitute Torture
"Rather than inventing new ways to implement capital punishment, we urge all states to put in place a moratorium on its use, as a step towards universal abolition," said the…
I’m a Spiritual Advisor for Condemned Men. Alabama’s Next Execution Could Kill Me, Too.
Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Smith next month by suffocating him with nitrogen. But the new method is untested—since I’m supposed to be in the room with Kenny when he…
The Psychological Torment and Unconstitutionality of the State’s Intent to Kill
The threat of a death sentence creates a crucible of dehumanization that no one should have to experience and no one has the right to inflict.
The Urgent Fight to Stop the Execution of an Innocent Man
Missouri courts are denying Marcellus Williams his right to a hearing where he could present DNA evidence that proves his innocence.