http://dir.salon.com/topics/death_row/?source=rss&aim=death_row en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT By Emily Schmall Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 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. By Patrick Arden Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 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, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 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 David Lindorff Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 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 Salon Staff Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/17/ochoa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/17/ochoa/index.html?source=rss 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 Suzy Hansen Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/npr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/npr/index.html?source=rss Last meals and last words are just part of the daily routine for death-row employees featured in an NPR documentary. By Amy Goldwasser Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/exonerated/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/exonerated/index.html?source=rss Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares. By Ashley Fantz Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/14/tennessee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/14/tennessee/index.html?source=rss Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty. By Stephen Lemons Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/24/bunker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/24/bunker/index.html?source=rss Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen. By Debra Ollivier Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/17/toscani_int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/17/toscani_int/index.html?source=rss Oliviero Toscani of Colors and Talk magazines talks about media hypocrisy, corporate responsibility and why fashion makes us stupid. By Ashley Fantz Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/20/death_row/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/20/death_row/index.html?source=rss A death row inmate in Tennessee could be the last to die in Ol' Sparky, unless new evidence can get him a retrial. By Donna Ladd Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/04/texas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/04/texas/index.html?source=rss 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 Marc Spiegler Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/08/quake_three/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/08/quake_three/index.html?source=rss Is Quake 3 too beautiful to live up to its promise as the "ultimate death-match game"? Letters to the Editor Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/16/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/16/bush/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers? By Michael Kroll Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/23/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/23/news/index.html?source=rss Just because California's next "dead man walking" might be innocent doesn't mean that his life will be saved. By Laura Jamison Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/04/08/sharps970408/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/04/08/sharps970408/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine.