http://dir.salon.com/topics/death_penalty/?source=rss&aim=death_penalty en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Alan Berlow Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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. Alex Koppelman Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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. Adrienne So Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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. Tim Grieve Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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! Tim Grieve Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT 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. By Dave Lindorff Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/amrine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/amrine/index.html?source=rss A state court has overturned the conviction of Joseph Amrine, who spent 18 years on death row even though witnesses against him recanted their testimony. By Patrick Arden Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/16/ryan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/16/ryan/index.html?source=rss Facing a possible indictment for corruption, the veteran political deal-maker shut down death row in Illinois. Is he trying to save lives -- or his own legacy? Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/14/ryan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/14/ryan/index.html?source=rss Outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan provoked bitter controversy Saturday when he commuted the sentences of 157 death row inmates. In a speech, he explains his decision. By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/11/13/earle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/11/13/earle/index.html?source=rss The radical country rocker and composer of "John Walker's Blues" blasts the war on Iraq, denounces the death penalty and explains why ex-druggies believe in God. By Mark J. Miller Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/08/29/earle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/08/29/earle/index.html?source=rss Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die. By David Lindorff Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/25/deathrow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/25/deathrow/index.html?source=rss The U.S. Supreme Court lifted the death sentence on more than 100 cases, but some critics say court conservatives may only be trying to fine-tune the machinery of capital punishment. By Dave Lindorff Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/12/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/12/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss In a case that could free hundreds from death row, the conservative Supreme Court justice finds that his support for the rights of juries clashes with his staunch advocacy of the death penalty. By Dimitra Kessenides Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/18/garbus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/18/garbus/index.html?source=rss Director Liz Garbus talks about the death penalty and her documentary on a woman executed for murder.