Austin Sarat

None of this is news, but on the 50th anniversary of the death penalty’s reinstatement, it is worth reflecting on why those problems persist.

Tennessee plans to put Tony Carruthers to death on May 21. He would be the 17th execution in the Volunteer State in the last half-century.

A simple DNA test could halt an upcoming execution. The Supreme Court refused to order it.

On Tuesday, a jury in Georgia found Colin Gray guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter, cruelty to children, and reckless conduct.

Charles Flores was convicted of the January 1998 killing of Betty Black during an attempted robbery. Right from the start, he has maintained his innocence.

In the fight for our democracy, undoing Trump's damage is just the beginning.

We are extremely tired of being terrified in our classrooms. There’s a better way.

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with intellectual disabilities.

Sotomayor has done what all great dissenters on the United States Supreme Court have done before her.

Even after all of its misconduct and mistakes have become public knowledge, the state is not convinced that it should spare Robert Roberson’s life.