Death Penalty

Extreme Solutions Extreme Solutions

Extreme Solution I: Priests The old movies used to feature a priest walking alongside the condemned man toward the scaffold, offering last seconds of comfort, plea-barga...

May 2, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Aiming for a Conviction Aiming for a Conviction

Anyone looking for evidence that the death penalty should be abolished need only look at the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called twentieth hijacker, now on trial for his lif...

May 2, 2002 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

A Troubling Sentence A Troubling Sentence

UPDATE, January 14

Jan 7, 2002 / Feature / Bob Burtman

Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning

A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.

Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Death on the Installment Plan Death on the Installment Plan

In Terre Haute, the effects of one execution are only the beginning.

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Shainin

Death and Disparity Death and Disparity

To write a letter on behalf of Juan Raul Garza, as well as the other prisoners currently on state and federal death row, visit our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 15, 2001 / David Cole

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

Strange as it may seem, Timothy McVeigh and George W. Bush shared the same analysis of McVeigh's execution Monday morning, June 11, in Terre Haute. The Oklahoma City bomber, inton...

Jun 14, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

No Vengeance, No Justice No Vengeance, No Justice

Now that Timothy McVeigh has been executed, I suppose we're all supposed to stop talking about it--to "enjoy closure," a bit like the election. But McVeigh's execution wa...

Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 12, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 6, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

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