Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Death Row Inmate DNA Testing of Evidence

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According to Andrew Cohen of the Atlantic, “the specters of racial bias, a faulty confession and untested scientific evidence have haunted this case.”

Maryland Repeals Death Penalty

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After a 5 year fight, Maryland lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty.

Man Released From Death Row After DNA Proves Innocence

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300 men have been exonerated, but how many more have been wrongly convicted?

America’s Death Penalty: A Story of Innocence & Ignorance

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The point to this thing, if there is one, is dulled and should be discarded

The Last Meals Project

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Jonathon Kambouris visually documents the face and last meal of convicted killers in order to question how society is really served by the death penalty.

Respect: Nate Dogg [August 19, 1969-March 15, 2011]

The criminal minded crooner passed away one year ago, and we remember his musical impact.

Eyewitness to an Execution

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Henley’s sister turns around and sweeps us with her eyes. “Not a tear in the bunch,” she sneers. “Y’all’s a bunch of dogs.”

The 10 at 10: January 3

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Oh, how time flies. Men age, fish die, and the Star News rights a wrong 50 years too late: the 10 at 10.