Marcellus Williams agreed to a no-contest plea deal that will grant him prison time instead of execution.
I’m sure the family of Arvel Marshall are wondering what took so long.
Officers charged in connection to inmate deaths are sometimes accused of making inmates do the dirty work.
These stories are not for the faint of heart. Here’s 20 cases when a Black person’s execution turned to near torture.
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio is having her case looked at again to decide whether she is culpable in her daughter’s death.
Reprieve’s study on botched death penalty executions reveals harsh disparities against Black death row inmates.
After 12 years behind bars for a shooting he was never a part of, CJ Rice is finally a free man.
Drug smuggling, sexual relations with inmates, the list of violations goes on and on.
Eric Smokes and David Warren were cleared after being accused of fatally mugging a tourist.
A Mississippi man is getting a new trial following complaints of racist jury picking.
Sent to prison in 1975, an exonerated Oklahoma man is only eligible for $175k in compensation after spending most of…
Two murder convictions were vacated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into South Carolina jails after the death of Lason Butler.
Maryland apologized to a man who spent over five years in prison on a wrongful conviction.
A man held in Fulton County Jail died just days after filing a complaint alleging the use of excessive force.
A woman who was imprisoned after her son died of malnutrition during Hurricane Katrina was pardoned by the state.
Racial bias just keeps finding creative ways to hurt Black folks in court.
Inspections at the jail identified even more issues beyond malnutrition.
Johnson’s execution is set to move forward Tuesday evening.
For five days, his cries for help were ignored and the food trays piled up.