Crime and Justice NewsMay 311 minJudge To Reconsider Death Sentence for Killer of Polly Klaas On Friday, a California judge will review the possibility of rescinding the death sentence for Richard Allen Davis, who was convicted of...
Crime and Justice NewsMay 31 minKentucky Judge Won’t Lift Ban on Executions -- YetThough Kentucky's attorney general has called for a restart to executions, Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, whose order...
Crime and Justice NewsMay 31 minAlabama Supreme Court Grants Request For Second Gas ExecutionAlabama has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first state to put a person to...
Crime and Justice NewsApr 181 minStudy: Black Prisoners Face Higher Rate of Botched ExecutionsAn anti-death penalty group found that lethal injections of Black people in the United States were botched more than twice as often as...