Mitigation Specialists

Some defense lawyers fear that a conservative Supreme Court could overturn that precedent.

Key takeaways from our investigation into how Nikolas Cruz’s defense team convinced jurors not to impose the death penalty.

Inside the effort to spare the Parkland school shooter.

Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life.

For three decades, a little-known group of “mitigation specialists” has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas. A rare look inside one case.