Topic: Death row

Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s most peculiar rejection

Austin Sarat
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why Biden should empty federal death row

Austin Sarat
US Firing Squad salute the dedication of Fifth Marine Division Cemetery (PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

S. Carolina gets firing-squad executions

Kelly McClure
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Dan Morain
The tiny paper dragon, in the palm of Rene’s hand (photo provided by PR firm)

A gift from an innocent man on death row

Rene Denfeld

"Life row"—the new death penalty

Rachel Leah
Marcellus Williams; Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (AP/Missouri Department of Corrections/Jeff Roberson)

Saved by DNA from execution

Sophia Tesfaye
James Morgan

Death row teens

Amy Linn
(Jack Shuler)

Sean Dunne, Jack Shuler
Anthony Ray Hinton (AP/Hal Yeager)

"Death row is a second hell"

Manny Otiko
Rick Perry (Reuters/Mike Segar)

Rick Perry's Nixon moment

Heather Digby Parton
(AP)

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(AP)

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Natasha Lennard
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Natasha Lennard
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Natasha Lennard
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Natasha Lennard
Damien Echols (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Death row prepared me for life

Damien Echols
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Natasha Lennard

Natasha Lennard

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Jeffrey Havard (Cheryl Havard Harrell)

Lauren Kelley
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Natasha Lennard