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Eighth Amendment
Analysis
April 10
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments.”
By
Maurice Chammah
,
Shannon Heffernan
and
Beth Schwartzapfel
News
January 27, 2020
What’s in a Name?
New lawsuits by transgender people challenge bans on name changes for those convicted of crimes.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Analysis
January 12, 2016
A New Blow to Florida’s Death Penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court says state judges cannot sentence death without a jury’s mandate
By
Andrew Cohen
News
December 9, 2015
Highlights From Our Death Penalty Discussion
Journalists Liliana Segura, Gabriel Dance and Maurice Chammah took your questions about the death penalty and criminal justice reporting. Here are some of the highlights.
By
Pedro Burgos
Commentary
November 18, 2015
Five Things Wrong With Georgia’s Death Penalty
On the eve of the next execution, a look at the state’s history of bad lawyering and faulty evidence.
By
Sara J. Totonchi
Commentary
July 27, 2015
Executing ‘Idiots’
Would the Founders have protected people we execute now?
By
Michael Clemente
Analysis
July 2, 2015
What Was Justice Breyer Really Saying?
And to whom was he saying it?
By
Evan Mandery
Looking Back
July 2, 2015
Justice Breyer and Malcolm X
A concurring opinion from the past
By
Garrett Felber
Analysis
June 29, 2015
A Victory for Lethal Injection
And a blazing battle over the death penalty itself.
By
Andrew Cohen
Commentary
May 28, 2015
How Nebraska Repealed the Death Penalty
A deep-red state shows the way, with conservatives in the lead.
By
Shari Silberstein