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Joe Biden breaks with tradition to offer a direct criticism of his successor
Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting about Meta’s shameful decision to end fact-checking is still very dangerous
The decision of two death row inmates to turn down clemency sounds crazy, but they are not the tirst to do it
Last Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial, refused to quash the indictment and set aside the...
If democracy dies in this country, it can be blamed on people who did not bother to vote last November. During the 2024 presidential campaign,...
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Leo Correa|AP Syrians wave flags during a celebration in Damascus on Dec. 13 following Bashar Assad's ouster. The demise of the Bashar Assad regime...
Last Thursday, the White House announced that President Biden was “granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans – the most ever in a single day.”...
Last Wednesday, Donald Trump announced the appointment of Peter Navarro as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing during the second Trump...
Donald Trump has moved at warp speed to nominate people to serve in his Cabinet and other important government posts who have chosen loyalty to...
In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, opponents of the death penalty are mounting a campaign to convince President Biden to commute...
MSNBC's “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski violated some of the cardinal rules of journalism. Journalists, so those maxims...
Tweet Share Share Comment Two Texas death cases made headlines last week; both involved a parent who was convicted of killing their 2-year old...
The 2024 election has installed a regime of one-party government in Washington. Come Jan. 20, the presidency, the Senate, and the House of...
Tweet Share Share Comment There are 40 men on federal death row who have been convicted of capital offenses by the federal government going back as...
Tweet Share Share Comment Robert Roberson, who was wrongfully convicted of a capital crime, was due to die on Thursday at 6 p.m. He is alive today...
Though crime and criminal justice policy are central issues in many elections, that’s not true in 2024. Surveys show that relatively few American...
Ever since Donald Trump arrived on the national political scene in 2015, he has displayed a perplexing and troubling attitude toward freedom of...
Tweet Share Share Comment This week is shaping up to be a very bad one for death penalty opponents in the United States. If all goes according to...
Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. He initially tried to...
Tweet Share Share Comment The state of Idaho tried to kill Thomas Creech once. It failed. It now wants a second chance. Last week, a state judge...
What a difference four years make. In 2020 the Democratic Party took an aggressively anti-death penalty position . Not so this year. In 2020 Joe...
Tweet Share Share Comment Carrying out an execution is always a complicated business that takes a horrible toll on anyone who is associated with...
Tweet Share Share Comment Glynn Simmons holds a dubious and painful distinction. He served a longer amount of time in prison before being...
The phrase “no one is above the law” has a long and storied history. But in the age of Trump it is coming to seem like nothing more than a...
Tweet Share Share Comment All across this country, prisoners who have been falsely convicted dream about being exonerated. That dream sustains...
Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday, the United States government announced that it had reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—the...
On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled a package of reforms targeting the United States Supreme Court. That package included a proposal to amend...
Tweet Share Share Comment When President Joe Biden leaves the White House, he will leave behind a mixed legacy on the issue of capital punishment....
Fans of the Broadway musical Hamilton will remember a moment late in the show when, after a series of songs about Hamilton’s personal life, one of...