U.S.: The Continuing Collapse of the Death Penalty

Piece by piece, the death penalty continues to fall apart. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court invalidated between 150 and 200 death sente...

Alabama’s torture of Ronald Smith spotlights unequal justice under law

Late last Thursday, as death row inmate Ronald Bert Smith was strapped to a gurney in Alabama – burning alive from the inside out – he heav...

Once Again, Justice Breyer Presses Case Against Death Penalty

Justice Stephen G. Breyer WASHINGTON — Continuing his sustained critique of the American capital justice system, Justice Stephen G. Breyer o...