Death Penalty
- Rhode Island Governor Loses Bid for Supreme Court Stay in Showdown over Death Penalty
May 25, 2012, 08:24 am CDT
- Journalists Sue for Access to Entire Executions in Idaho; Was 9th Circuit Ignored?
May 23, 2012, 10:24 am CDT
- More Than 2,000 Exonerations for False Convictions in the US Since 1989, New Report Says
May 21, 2012, 04:08 pm CDT
- ABA Silver Gavel Awards Honor Documentaries on Fights for Justice
May 18, 2012, 05:30 am CDT
- Rhode Island Governor Loses Battle to Keep Inmate from Potential US Death Penalty Prosecution
May 8, 2012, 10:10 am CDT
- California Voters Will Decide on Death Penalty
Apr 24, 2012, 10:17 am CDT
- Applying New Law, NC Judge Overturns Death Sentence Due to Racial Bias
Apr 20, 2012, 04:40 pm CDT
- Death Sentence Upheld in ‘92 Court Murder; Judge, 2 Lawyers, 5 Others Also Targeted in Shooting
Apr 17, 2012, 05:17 pm CDT
- Review Found FBI Hair Analysis Flaws in 250 Cases, But DOJ Didn’t Inform Defendants and Public
Apr 17, 2012, 07:00 am CDT
- Criminal Defense Lawyer Plays Role of Killer in Award-Winning Independent Film
Apr 10, 2012, 10:43 am CDT
- ‘Devil in the Grove’ Author Discusses Early Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Case
Apr 9, 2012, 08:30 am CDT
- Life from Death Row: Inmates Want to Donate Organs, But State Disagrees
Apr 1, 2012, 04:00 am CDT
- Murder Case Defense Seeks Disqualification of Ga. Judge Who Attended Funeral of Slain Cop
Mar 27, 2012, 05:55 pm CDT
- Federal Judge Says FDA Acted ‘Contrary to Law’ By OKing Foreign Execution Drug for Prison Use
Mar 27, 2012, 03:52 pm CDT
- Supreme Court to Decide on Competency Delays in Death-Row Habeas Cases
Mar 19, 2012, 11:24 am CDT
- Gov’t Seeks Death Penalty for Grandma, Says She Urged Girl, 9, to Run for Hours
Mar 15, 2012, 11:33 am CDT
- Death Row Inmate Challenges Oregon Gov’s Order Giving Him an Execution Reprieve
Mar 14, 2012, 04:08 pm CDT
- Prosecutor Resigns in Wake of Federal Judge’s Reversal of Capital Murder Case Conviction
Mar 12, 2012, 05:22 pm CDT
- Mom Takes Job with Lawyer to Help Son Win Reversal of Capital Murder Conviction
Mar 5, 2012, 03:47 pm CDT
- Kagan Opinion Hits Government ‘Inventiveness’ on Substitute Counsel Standard
Mar 5, 2012, 10:56 am CDT
- Interviews with Soon to Be Executed Prisoners Are a Big Hit on Chinese TV
Mar 5, 2012, 10:14 am CDT
- Old Case, New Evidence: Attorney Unearths New Evidence in Book on Sacco-Vanzetti Affair
Mar 1, 2012, 05:10 am CDT
- Dallas County DA Reveals His Great-Grandfather Was Executed in 1932
Feb 28, 2012, 12:37 pm CDT
- Soldier Bradley Manning Charged with Aiding Enemy in WikiLeaks Case, May Get Life If Convicted
Feb 23, 2012, 07:48 pm CDT
- Hearing to Determine If Defense Counsel and Judge Had ‘Secret Deal’ re Capital Murder Defendant
Feb 23, 2012, 02:07 pm CDT
- Grandma, Stepmom Face Murder Case in Death of Girl, 9, Who Ran for Hours as Punishment, Sheriff Says
Feb 23, 2012, 01:53 pm CDT
- Ohio Justice Who Helped Write Death Penalty Law Now Opposes It
Feb 15, 2012, 09:27 am CDT
- Utah Officials OK Execution by Firing Squad
Feb 10, 2012, 04:08 pm CDT
- Supreme Court Declines to Lift Execution Stay Obtained by Ohio Inmate
Feb 9, 2012, 03:11 pm CDT
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Christina Swarns Talks Race and Gender in Capital Defense Work
Feb 2, 2012, 11:25 am CDT
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