From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

When Brenda Andrew was on trial for murder in 2004 in Oklahoma, a prosecutor named Fern Smith turned to the jury and held up ...

Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 inmates on death row in the United States, including 46 women. In 2024, the number of new death sentences increased to 26, up from 2023. However ...

Two Texas death cases made headlines last week; both involved a parent who was convicted of killing their 2-year old child. Beyond this strange coincidence, the cases remind us that miscarriages ...

A remarkable alliance between an order of Catholic nuns and the women on Texas's death row. 2 hour 28 min listen For the best audio experience, scan the code with your phone to download the New ...