Budget Crises Put an Expiration Date on Death Row

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2011 At least five states are considering getting rid of the death penalty, but the possible repeals have nothing to do with ethics. A study has shown that executions cost taxpayers three times as much as putting an inmate away for life, and budget shortfalls are making even capital punishment hawks doubt the sensibility of their position. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fighting Corporations and a Death Sentence

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 Four years after a health insurance company decided her life wasn’t worth saving, 18-year-old Miran Istina, who suffers from myelogenous leukemia, has dedicated her struggle to the global fight against the corporate control of politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hundreds Attend Troy Davis Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2011 Family members, friends and hundreds of supporters flocked to Savannah, Ga., on Saturday to attend the funeral of Troy Davis, who was executed Sept. 21 in the murder of an off-duty police officer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Clemency for Troy Davis

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2011 Despite worldwide protests and letters from the likes of President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and 51 members of Congress, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles ruled Tuesday morning that Troy Davis should die by lethal injection Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Stay From SCOTUS for Mexican on Death Row

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2011 The four justices (guess which ones?) who were hoping to hold off the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia Jr., a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas, didn't get their wish Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Manning Might Face the Death Penalty

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2011 Pfc Bradley Manning was allegedly the conduit through which WikiLeaks received a great deal of information that the US military and government didn't want the public to know, and on Wednesday the Army slapped him with . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Illinois Is One Signature Away From Ending the Death Penalty

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2011 If Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs off on the legislation, Illinois will become the 16th state to eliminate the death penalty. The state has not executed anyone since 1999, after it was discovered that innocent convicts had been put to death. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mumbai Gunman Sentenced to Death

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2010 He is the sole surviving suspect from the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and on Thursday, 22-year-old Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was sentenced to death by an Indian judge. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supporters Hold London Vigil for British Death Row Inmate in China (Updated)

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2009 With less than a day to go before his scheduled execution in China, British supporters of Londoner Akmal Shaikh held an eleventh-hour vigil in London on Monday in an attempt to persuade the Chinese government to spare his life, arguing that Shaikh, 53, suffers from mental illness. Update after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Troy Davis and the Meaning of ‘Actual Innocence’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Remarkably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on whether it is unconstitutional to execute an innocent person. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top Court Orders New Hearing for Troy Davis

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2009 Death row inmate Troy Davis might get a chance to clear his name in the 1989 murder of a Savannah, Ga., police officer, now that the Supreme Court has ordered a federal judge to grant him a new hearing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Afghan Court Resentences Activist

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 Want proof that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan has brought the democracy it promised? You won't find it in this case. An appeals court resentenced Parwez Kambakhsh, a student arrested for distributing an article on women's rights, to a mere 20 years in prison, overturning the controversial death sentence he was given last year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )