Tonight, Tim Kaine Needs to Make Mike Pence Answer for His Party Tonight, Tim Kaine Needs to Make Mike Pence Answer for His Party
The GOP has launched a “Willie Horton”–style racist attack ad—and tonight is Kaine’s chance to destroy it.
Oct 4, 2016 / John Nichols
The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection
Timothy Foster got justice, but prosecutors still have wide leeway to exclude black jurors.
May 31, 2016 / Kami Chavis
How Will Philadelphia’s District Attorney Handle Resentencing Its Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Population? How Will Philadelphia’s District Attorney Handle Resentencing Its Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Population?
Seth Williams says he’s “smart on crime,” but his record says otherwise.
May 11, 2016 / Jessica Pishko
It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty
A man who had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to die challenged Clinton on the death penalty. We need more of these moments.
Mar 15, 2016 / Hannah Riley
‘Who Is Going to Believe You?’ ‘Who Is Going to Believe You?’
The fate of Yakub Memon, who was executed last summer by the Indian state, shows that reality needn’t be transfigured for its absurdity to be understood.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
They Awoke to Find… A World Gone Mad! They Awoke to Find… A World Gone Mad!
Confederate flags are coming down? Gay marriage is the law of the land? At least there's still lethal injection.
Jul 7, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
The Good News Buried in the Supreme Court’s Lethal Injection Decision The Good News Buried in the Supreme Court’s Lethal Injection Decision
Both Justices Breyer and Ginsburg indicated that they view the death penalty as unconstitutional. Could three more justices agree with them in the near future?
Jun 30, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro
June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
“Abroad this execution will be thrown in our faces for a long time to come.”
Jun 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Death Penalty Cases Before the Supreme Court Are a Prelude to a Legal Assault on the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment The Death Penalty Cases Before the Supreme Court Are a Prelude to a Legal Assault on the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment
Four soon-to-be-decided cases test the scope and application of the death penalty.
Jun 17, 2015 / James D. Zirin
An Unsettling Sentence An Unsettling Sentence
On Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the federal death penalty.
May 20, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro