On AlterNet: death row

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "death row"

Rick Perry's Execution Obsession Feeds the Worst in Human Nature

Amanda Marcotte, Comment Is Free. September 14, 2011.

Perry may have lost no sleep over Texas's 234 executions during his tenure, but the death penalty panders to crude bloodlust.

Our Racist Justice System: How Troy Davis Has Spent 20 Years on Death Row, With Little Evidence Against Him

Jen Marlowe, Colorlines.com. June 1, 2011.

Davis's case has become an emblem for much of what is problematic about a capital punishment system that is riddled with racism, economic disparity and error.

Texas Sends Mentally Retarded Prisoners to Death Row Using Junk Science

Renée Feltz, Texas Observer. January 21, 2010.

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas still sends mentally retarded people to the execution chamber. Now, one Mexican immigrant's case could change this.

4 Prisoners Facing Executions or Serving Extreme Jail Sentences Who Very Well May Be Innocent

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 26, 2009.

Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.

Texas Executed An Innocent Man

The Innocence Project, August 31, 2009.

The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.

Exonerated Death Row Prisoners Call for Clemency for Troy Davis

Campaign to End the Death PenaltyOctober 24, 2008.

"Like Troy, we were denied justice. Like Troy, we spent years, locked up 23 hours a day, waiting to die."

Bush's Bid for a Death Penalty Fast Track

Andrew Gumbel, The Independent UK. August 22, 2007.

A look at the White House's plans to cut death row inmates' right of appeal.