The use of the death penalty against U.S. combat veterans manifests a paradox in American culture. While popular gratitude ...

Dr. Katie Owens-Murphy sits with art submitted for the "The Art of Resistance: Documenting Alabama's Death Row" exhibit at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham on July 21, 2024.

Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, there have been 1,625 executions, most of which took place at the state level. Today, 27 states have the death penalty.