L ast week brought new evidence of crippling flaws in America’s death penalty system. The number of people exonerated and freed from death row over the last 50 years reached 200.

Christopher Barbour tried to take back his confession more than 30 years ago. Now, new DNA points to someone else.

Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, who has been on death row for 27 years, was declared innocent by a judge in April 2023, but remains ...

But that’s the death penalty system we have. ... The number of people exonerated and freed from death row over the last 50 years reached 200. Such flaws appear irreparable.

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of ...

Glynn Ray Simmons, who was exonerated after facing the death penalty and spending five decades in prison, will now receive $7.15 million in compensation. Simmons, 71, will receive the award after ...

A cache of records recently obtained by The Tributary paints a vivid portrait of Sidney Jones, who was at once a petty thief, burglar, gunman, and liar, as well as a longtime paid police informant ...

Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...

Death row exonerations – when someone is released after being sentenced – have become more common in the United States. More than 200 people have been freed in the past half-century.

How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable executions? We have answers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is on track to execute more prisoners than any governor in Florida history. We don’t defend the heinous nature of the crimes that land prisoners on death row, but we take ...