More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Helen Prejean has been one of the most high-profile opponents of the death penalty for decades. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in ...

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already ...

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution ...

Not surprisingly, the conservative-dominated, pro-death-penalty majority on the Supreme Court was not interested in righting ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Austin Sarat, Amherst College (THE CONVERSATION) Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man ...

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