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 ...

In a shocking case of what I consider state-sanctioned murder, Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Sept. 24, despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. No physical evidence ever connected ...

The recent news stories of three Black men reveal what happens when we don’t participate effectively in our government. The ...

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 ...

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to talk about Project 2025, the presidential election, and her viral moment on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Marcellus Williams, an innocent man, was executed despite evidence of his innocence. Blame falls on Trump, McConnell, and the conservative Supreme Court.

That Williams was executed is an American tragedy, but he is not alone. The American death penalty system has shown itself to be riddled with errors. Miscarriages of justice of the kind that occurred ...

The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, ...