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

The state of Missouri killed a 55-year old man in retribution for a murder that he almost surely did not commit.

Marc M. Howard is a professor of government and law at Georgetown University, where he directs the Prisons and Justice ...

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

The death penalty fails to deliver true justice or enhance safety. Instead, it operates as a form of politically motivated ...

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

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

Five death row inmates were put to death in the US over the past week, a pace unprecedented since July 2003. With the deaths ...

The execution—one of a recent spate across several states—has raised questions about the future of the death penalty in ...

A Senate report details Secret Service slip-ups. A man whose conviction was called into question is executed in Missouri.

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

Las Palapas Resort Grill in Saskatoon saw several break-ins during the month of August. The lounge door was smashed, alcohol ...