While opposition to the death penalty is growing across the country, the justice system is still skewed towards the maximum punishment, Jodie Sinclair says in a new book about her successful 25-year struggle to free her husband from prison. But in a conversation with TCR, she suggests that the huge cost of mass incarceration, together with crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, have improved the climate for reform.
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No one from Harris County, Texas, was executed in 2017–for the first time in more than 40 years. And no one has been sentenced to death for a crime committed there since 2014. Experts see those numbers as a reflection of declining American enthusiasm for capital punishment.
After a lull in executions, it seems that the nation could return to 50 executions annually, with 2,800 on death row and the prospect of California’s re-starting executions.
Why do only 2 percent of U.S. counties produce a majority of death row inmates? Harvard researchers cite overaggressive prosecutors and inadequate defense lawyers, plus areas with a legacy of racial bias.
A new Washington DC group of former officials concerned about the death penalty’s ‘fairness and efficacy’ offers help to states exploring alternatives.
Home to the nation’s second-largest death row, Florida may be on a path to executing fewer prisoners as a result…
As Texas prepared for its 13th execution of the year on Wednesday, the Guardian explores the sudden paucity of death…
In a dissent last June, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer invited a major challenge to the constitutionality of capital punishment.…
The death penalty in the U.S. may be on borrowed time, says USA Today. The emotional and financial toll of…
After a two-year review, the Connecticut Supreme Court banned capital punishment in the state, saying the death penalty no longer…