death row
Missouri Will Still Execute Ernest Lee Johnson, Who’s Intellectually Disabled
Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed in Missouri Tuesday evening. Civil rights advocates are saying it’s unconstitutional and cruel.
A Group of Lawyers Wants to Make Sure India’s Most Hated Criminals Aren’t Hanged
For Project 39A, there’s more to death row prisoners’ stories than that one alleged crime that earned them the fateful sentence.
7 Black Men Executed for Alleged Rape Just Got Pardoned 70 Years Later
The state of Virginia never gave the “Martinsville Seven” due process.
Death Row Inmates Are Selling Their Art on Etsy (and It's Beautiful)
“I’m not saying these men shouldn’t be [held accountable] for what they have done. I’m trying to show that they can be more than the sum of their mistakes.”
The Story of Shabnam, the First Woman Set to be Hanged in India in 70 Years
“The stage is set for her hanging,” said the executioner tasked with the job.
Lisa Montgomery's Sister Recounts Her Life of Abuse Before Death Row
She shared the horrific details with VICE News shortly before Montgomery was scheduled to be executed as part of Trump's final death-penalty push.
Prison Counselor Created a Burner Twitter Account to Mock Death Row Inmates, Lawsuit Says
Attorney Ashley Kincaid Eve has filed a defamation suit.
Trump Is Executing 3 More People Before He Leaves Office. Here Are Their Stories.
The Trump administration has already executed more prisoners than any other presidency in 130 years.
'Man Down!': Inside the Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin
How a massive outbreak at California's San Quentin State Prison spread to death row, killing a dozen condemned prisoners.
Georgia Won’t Test DNA Evidence That Could Exonerate a Man on Death Row. They’re Executing Him Tonight.
A judge said Ray Cromartie waited too long to ask for testing, and that the testing wouldn’t make a difference.
Kim Kardashian, the EU and 140,000 Other People Are Trying to Save This Texas Death Row Inmate
The case hit a turning point when a witness said in a sworn affidavit that someone else confessed to the murder Rodney Reed has spent more than two decades in prison for.
Japan Just Carried Out Its First Execution of the Year
The country joins the United States as the only two developed democracies in the world to carry out the death penalty.