We speak with Keith LaMar, an artist, teacher and writer on death row in Ohio. LaMar, who has spent three decades in solitary confinement, was sentenced to death for the murder of five fellow prisoner...

Following the exoneration of Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, legal experts have urged states to adopt Federal Rule of Evidence 702 standards, a measure intended to prevent wrongful convictions stemming from un...

If we lived in a world where police and prosecutors were held personally accountable for misconduct, I’d have no issue with the death penalty remaining on the table for violent offenders. But that isn...

The ruling by two federal courts places nitrogen gas executions in limbo with consequences beyond Alabama as other states try to use it.

Edward Busby’s execution underscores the arbitrariness, cost and moral failures of Texas’ death penalty system, Nan Tolson writes.

A federal appeals court has found that prisoner health care at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola met standards set by the Eighth Amendment,.

From Los Angeles to Louisiana, our Community Storytelling work continues with Over Punitive —a new film challenging punishment-first narratives and uplifting a vision of safety rooted in dignity, hea...

One year after Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen gas, advocates, faith leaders, and civil rights groups continue to challenge the state’s death penalty system, citing cost, ethics, and ...