Death Row

Ardor in the court, Part 3 Ardor in the court, Part 3

A Texas court affirms the right of a judge and a prosecutor who slept together to condemn a man to death
By Alan Berlow Sep 21, 2009

  • The executioner's swan song

    Reflecting growing national unease with the ultimate punishment, New York strikes down its death penalty law.
    By Emily Schmall April 16, 2005

  • The redemption of Gov. Ryan

    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?
    By Patrick Arden January 16, 2003

  • 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 October 20, 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 September 14, 2000

  • The death penalty: "Arbitrary and capricious"

    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.
    January 14, 2003

  • Another strike against the death penalty

    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 David Lindorff June 25, 2002

  • 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 January 17, 2001

  • 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 October 20, 2000

  • The art of crime

    Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen.
    By Stephen Lemons April 24, 2000

  • The colorful dissenter of Benetton

    Oliviero Toscani of Colors and Talk magazines talks about media hypocrisy, corporate responsibility and why fashion makes us stupid.
    By Debra Ollivier April 17, 2000

  • Dead man talking

    A death row inmate in Tennessee could be the last to die in Ol' Sparky, unless new evidence can get him a retrial.
    By Ashley Fantz March 20, 2000

  • Texas' death-row peep show

    The state doesn't just hold a record for executions -- it proudly posts online the macabre details of hundreds of convicts' last suppers and final words.
    By Donna Ladd February 4, 2000

  • Pretty pretty bang bang

    Is Quake 3 too beautiful to live up to its promise as the "ultimate death-match game"?
    By Marc Spiegler September 8, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers?
    Letters to the Editor August 16, 1999

  • SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    Just because California's next "dead man walking" might be innocent doesn't mean that his life will be saved.
    By Michael Kroll July 23, 1997

  • Life After Death

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine.
    By Laura Jamison April 8, 1997
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