This outcome did not serve the interests of justice.” Why are innocent people—and those with a good chance of proving their ...

The Supreme Court should have stayed Missouri's execution of the convict last week. A top prosecutor and the victim's family ...

Below is the prayer I offered at the vigil in support of clemency for Marcellus Williams on Tuesday, Sept. 24, outside the Governor's Office at the Capitol.

Over 120 students and community members gathered during a candlelight vigil Friday at Library Mall in commemoration of ...

The Supreme Court’s divided decision this week allowing Missouri to execute a man for a 1998 murder even though his ...

That Williams was executed is an American tragedy, but he is not alone. The American death penalty system has shown itself to ...

Last year, Missouri was one of five states in the country that carried out executions. Four people – Amber McLaughlin, ...

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and ...

All five men were executed within one week in five different states, a period political scientist Austin Sarat condemned as ...

The president has long talked about his serious concerns about the death penalty … whether it is consistent with the […] ...

Missouri executed Williams despite questions about his conviction and protests from prosecutors and victim's family.

More than half of American states have abolished the death penalty or hit pause on executions. Less than half —47%—of ...