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Too late to stop the hangman?: Missouri is determined to execute Joseph Amrine for murder even though every prosecution witness and the jury foreman now say he's innocent and new witnesses point to another man. Why? A federal law says the evidence came in too late.; By Dave Lindorff Feb 20, 2002
Are you ready to dance on Osama's grave?: The apparent architect of our worst nightmare is seen celebrating our losses. Will we do the same when he comes to a violent end?; By Gawain Charlton-Perrin Dec 14, 2001
Executioner's song: The ravaged lives of two men hired to pull the switch testify to the hidden costs of America's death penalty.; By Paul Festa Dec 4, 2001
The mind of a killer: A neurologist who studies murderers' brains talks about factors that make someone kill, the difficulty of predicting violence and why most murderers can never be rehabilitated.; By Suzy Hansen Jul 27, 2001
Mumia's all-or-nothing gamble: In a stunning switch, the convicted murderer's new lawyers now passionately claim he's completely innocent and that the real culprit was a mobster hired by corrupt Philly cops to kill one of their own. If the judge doesn't buy it, their client could die.; By David Lindorff Jun 15, 2001
Botched!: "If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder.; By Alicia Montgomery and Fiona Morgan May 12, 2001
Killing as "closure": John Ashcroft says the closed-circuit TV broadcast of Timothy McVeigh's execution will help victims heal. But will what they see look too brutal -- or not brutal enough?; By Kerry Lauerman Apr 14, 2001
Killing McVeigh: Vengeance, not justice, will be televised with the execution of the convicted Oklahoma City bomber.; By Bruce Shapiro Feb 24, 2001
An innocent Texas inmate is freed: But if George W. Bush's office had not ignored a murder confession and DNA evidence, Christopher Ochoa might have been freed much sooner.; By Salon Staff Jan 17, 2001
Hardest hit by the prison craze: Oklahoma executes black woman Wanda Jean Allen at a time when black women have become the new menace to society.; By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jan 12, 2001
The death penalty's other victims: When prosecutors eliminate jurors opposed to capital punishment, they also weed out women and minorities and stack the deck against defendants.; By David Lindorff Jan 2, 2001
Janet Reno's fatal decision: The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so.; By Alan Berlow Dec 22, 2000
One last debate: Salon's young readers make Bush and Gore answer questions that Jim Lehrer neglected to ask.; Nov 6, 2000
Texas justice: What made timid honors student Christopher Ochoa confess to a rape and murder that he almost certainly did not commit?; By Alan Berlow Oct 31, 2000
Meet the press, with David Letterman: The talk-show host proves to be twice as tough on George W. Bush as many reporters on the campaign trail.; By Jake Tapper Oct 20, 2000
Deadly lies: George W. Bush and Al Gore both believe capital punishment deters violent crime. They're wrong.; By Bruce Shapiro Oct 20, 2000
Inside the Texas death machine: Last meals and last words are just part of the daily routine for death-row employees featured in an NPR documentary.; By Suzy Hansen Oct 20, 2000
The exonerated: Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares.; By Amy Goldwasser Oct 20, 2000
Gov. Bush's office ignored murder confession: By Alan Berlow; Oct 17, 2000
Gore camp accuses Bush of "exaggeration": Trying to turn the tables on the GOP candidate, Gore's campaign chief seizes upon a Bush debate misstatement.; By Jake Tapper Oct 13, 2000
Bush's big lie about Texas executions: By Alan Berlow; Oct 6, 2000
Who won the debate?: Camille Paglia, Arianna Huffington, Roger Ebert, Ben Stein and others weigh in on the partisan fisticuffs in Boston.; Compiled by Salon News Staff Oct 4, 2000
Bush's big lie: His "not me" excuse for the 145 executions in Texas on his watch relies on the kind of legal hairsplitting that would make the president proud.; By Alan Berlow Oct 3, 2000
33 down: George W. Bush jets in long enough to see Texas execute another prisoner -- putting him just 4 shy of his own record for the most put to death in one year.; By Jake Tapper Sep 28, 2000
Doubt on death row: Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty.; By Ashley Fantz Sep 14, 2000

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