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Republicans are pushing to expand the death penalty
Salon.com· 2 days agoDeath penalty states want the Supreme Court to throw out its precedents and allow the execution of child rapists
A Black teen was wrongfully executed for murdering a White woman in 1931. Now, his family is suing...
CNN via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoMore than 90 years after Alexander McClay Williams was wrongfully executed, his family is suing the...
Louisiana lawmakers snub Jewish community’s plea to block nitrogen gas executions
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA legislative attempt to pull nitrogen hypoxia from Louisiana’s death penalty options failed...
Wrongly convicted man survived 23 years on death row knowing he was innocent
UNILAD· 3 days agoSherwood Brown spent 23 years of his life on Mississippi death row for crimes he did not commit. How...
Newsom leaves Vatican with pope's praise for refusing to impose death penalty
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 7 days agoNewsom traveled more than 6,000 miles from California to the Vatican to give a speech before – and...
Louisiana House panel votes to keep nitrogen gas as execution method despite Jewish community's...
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 6 days agothe measure forward after hearing from Jewish people in the state, including at least one Holocaust...
New rules are in the works about abortion bans in Texas. Almost nobody's happy.
KPBS San Diego· 2 days agoThe stakes are high for doctors in Texas when it comes to abortion. With three overlapping laws,...
Family Of Black Teen Executed In 1931 Sues State Of Pennsylvania
Black Enterprise· 5 days agoThe family of Alexander McClay Williams, a Black 16-year-old executed in 1931, has filed a lawsuit...
'Oh thank you, God': Texas lawmakers halting Melissa Lucio's execution was the right call
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Are you serious?” she said. “That is wonderful. … Oh thank you, God.” So partisan lawmakers can...
"The American Dream is dying": Democrats' main selling point "is not a winning message"
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoI often hear my fellow liberals say that “the media” are to blame for Trump’s rise. But the media...