The execution of terminally ill inmates reveals the true purpose of capital punishment - retribution. With chronic illness plaguing inmates across the U.S., partly due to restrictions in medical services, and extensive state appeal processes, inmate are aging and increasingly legal leaders and advocate are confronted with the question — is it humane to execute a terminally ill inmate? Read More
Rather than turn back to routine use of the electric chair, the Governor made an amendment regarding lethal injection drugs. Read More
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin grants Richard Glossip a last minute 37 day stay of execution due to issues with drug. Read More
We spoke with legal scholar Austin Sarat about botched executions and the future of the death penalty abolition movement. Read More
In the past year, a startling number of states have adopted secrecy measures surrounding the procurement of lethal injection drugs. Read More
Update on Robert James Campbell's scheduled execution, and lethal injection drug secrecy issues Read More
New segment from John Oliver: "The death penalty is expensive, potentially kills innocent people, and doesn't deter crime." Read More
WATCH: New Interview with Executive Director Diann Rust-Tierney on MSNBC. Read More
"There is no argument that justice needs to be served appropriately and that society needs to be protected. But this can be achieved by means other than capital punishment." Rev. Dr. WIlliam Tabbernee reflects on Oklahoma Read More
New Interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews: "The death penalty that we have today doesn't work, it's not sustainable, and it can't continue." Read More
New Interview on All Things Considered: "This is what happens when the government acts in secrecy, and without accountability." Read More
Even if executions take place precisely as intended, we have to ask ourselves as a country not only whether those convicted of crimes deserve to die, but whether the state deserves the power to kill. Read More
"The death of Clayton Lockett must be investigated by a truly independent organization, not a state employee or agency." Read More
Madeline Cohen, an attorney for Charles Warner, weighs in on tonight's botched execution. Read More
"The last time I checked, even the authority to carry out executions did not give states unfettered power that placed them above all laws." Read More
A double execution is scheduled for tonight in Oklahoma. Madeline Cohen, attorney for Charles Warner, speaks out. Read More
Tomorrow, Oklahoma is set to perform its first double execution in nearly 80 years. Read More
Is execution drug secrecy resulting in unconstitutional executions? Read More
Stephen Colbert takes on the death penalty and new developments in execution drug secrecy. Read More
According due process of the law to death row inmates in Missouri is apparently a difficult constitutional mandate to embrace, at least for some state attorneys charged with carrying out death penalty sentences. Read More