http://dir.salon.com/topics/death_penalty/?source=rss&aim=death_penalty en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST By Darren Hutchinson Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/11/exoneration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/11/exoneration/index.html?source=rss Cook County D.A. uses the long arm of the law to harass journalism students working on exonerating prisoners By Darren Hutchinson Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/journalism_students/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/journalism_students/index.html?source=rss What did Northwestern's journalism students get for their death penalty muckraking? A subpoena from the prosecutor By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/texas_justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/texas_justice/index.html?source=rss The Lone Star State mourns a justice-for-all judge while enduring a governor who's in love with the death penalty By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/hood_case/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/hood_case/index.html?source=rss A Texas court affirms the right of a judge and a prosecutor who slept together to condemn a man to death By Lee Kovarsky Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss Fighting the death penalty should not hinge on proving that innocent people have been sentenced to die By Frances Kissling Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/24/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/24/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Catholic leaders lobby against abortion and euthanasia, but where's their activism on that other "life" issue? By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/18/scotus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/18/scotus/index.html?source=rss In an unusual ruling, the Supreme Court orders a Georgia court to review the case of a death row inmate By Alex Koppelman Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/18/budget_executions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/18/budget_executions/index.html?source=rss Some states, strapped for cash, are considering abolishing capital punishment as a cost-saving measure. By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/14/hood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/14/hood/index.html?source=rss Salon reported on an alleged affair between judge and prosecutor in a Texas murder trial. Now, days before Charles Hood's scheduled execution, his lawyers make the allegation in court papers. By Alex Koppelman Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/04/29/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/04/29/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss A new study confirms a disparity in the death penalty based on the victim's race, and suggests one based on the convict's race as well. By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss Next week, when the Supreme Court hears a case challenging the use of lethal injections, we may learn more about the legal limits to state-sanctioned pain. By Sara Catania Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/02/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/02/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss If building a new lethal-injection facility will improve quality of life for prisoners on California's death row, I'm for it. By Adrienne So Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life? By Sarah Elizabeth Richards Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/07/mitigation_specialists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/07/mitigation_specialists/index.html?source=rss Defense teams in capital cases research their clients' childhood -- and conduct often-harrowing interviews with the clients' families -- to evoke sympathy from juries. Critics call mitigation evidence the "abuse excuse." By Adam Shemper and Jonathan Stein Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/williams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/williams/index.html?source=rss Outside San Quentin prison Monday night, under the floodlights, death penalty opponents prayed, sang hymns and cursed the Terminator. By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/09/warner_clemency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/09/warner_clemency/index.html?source=rss The testimony of one bogus witness put Larry Fowlkes away on murder charges for 45 years. Will presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner set him free? By Dave Lindorff Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/08/mumia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/08/mumia/index.html?source=rss A court rules that Mumia Abu-Jamal can appeal his murder conviction on three separate grounds. By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/24/texas_court_affair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/24/texas_court_affair/index.html?source=rss When the judge and prosecutor involved in a capital case are sleeping together, can the defendant possibly get a fair trial? Meet Charles Dean Hood, on Texas' death row. By Alan Berlow Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/10/texas_death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/10/texas_death_penalty/index.html?source=rss Texas legislators -- yes, Texas -- are on the verge of approving a law that could result in a decline in executions nationwide. By Emily Schmall Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/16/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/16/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss Reflecting growing national unease with the ultimate punishment, New York strikes down its death penalty law. By Tim Grieve Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/02/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/02/kennedy/index.html?source=rss Smarting from the Supreme Court's death penalty decision, Gary Bauer warns the right that Anthony Kennedy is fixing to turn over the United States to foreigners -- including the French! By Tim Grieve Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/01/death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/01/death/index.html?source=rss Voting to prohibit the death penalty for juvenile killers, Anthony Kennedy comes full circle. But did he kill any chance of becoming chief justice? By Tim Grieve Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/10/17/turow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/10/17/turow/index.html?source=rss Scott Turow tried -- and failed -- to build a better death penalty. Now he wants it abolished. By Sheerly Avni Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/18/salzman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/18/salzman/index.html?source=rss Novelist Mark Salzman, who spent four years teaching locked-up young hoods in L.A., talks about his students, their writing and how they inspired him to have a child of his own. By Dave Lindorff Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/06/sentencing_errors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/06/sentencing_errors/index.html?source=rss Sentencing errors send inmates who deserve life to their death, even after the mistakes are discovered and ruled unconstitutional.