How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment pla
In the mid-1990s, as public trust in big government was near an all-time low, 80% of Americans told Gallup that they supported the death penalty. Why did people
This study examines the conflict over capital punishment and the transformation of American culture between the Revolution and the Civil War.
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishmen
The Supreme Court has looked to «evolving standards of decency» in determining whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, wh
