Challenging the Racist Death Penalty in North Carolina | ACLU

We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.

Alabama Has Executed A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict | ACLU

U.N. experts say the method constitutes torture, violating international human rights treaties ratified by the U.S.

Alabama Plans To Execute A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict | ACLU

UN experts say the method is likely to constitute torture, violating international human rights treaties ratified by the U.S.

Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023 | ACLU

The executions of 24 people last year illustrated the full range of systemic flaws in our system of capital punishment.

My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice | ACLU

After a wrongful conviction, I’ve dedicated my life to making Florida a more just, fair, and equal state.

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases | ACLU

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases | ACLU

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.

We’re Putting the Death Penalty on Trial in Kansas | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union

The line between lynching, racial violence, and the death penalty is undeniable.

The Death Penalty Doesn’t Reflect Our National Values. Why is the Biden Administration Still Pursuing It? | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union

The trial of Sayfullo Saipov provides a test case for whether Biden will keep his promise to end the death penalty.

To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in Riverside County.

To Fight a Stacked Federal Bench, the ACLU Goes to the States | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union

As federal courts grow more hostile to civil rights and civil liberties, the ACLU turns to state courts — building on a century of experience.

Missouri Executes Death Row Prisoner Despite Pleas From Pope and Others

Ernest L. Johnson, 61, was executed for killing three convenience store employees during a 1994 robbery. Supporters, including Pope Francis, said his intellectual disabilities made the execution unconstitutional.

On Death Row Half His Life, Oklahoma Man May Be a Step Closer to Release

A panel has recommended that Julius Jones’s sentence in a 1999 murder be commuted. His case, which has prompted public demonstrations and celebrity advocacy, is now on the governor’s desk.

Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber

The ruling was the latest in a string of decisions on the role that spiritual advisers may play in death row inmates’ final moments.

Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber

The ruling was the latest in a string of decisions on the role that spiritual advisers may play in death row inmates’ final moments.

Opinion | In the Eyes of God, Does a State Have the Right to Kill a Man?

The state of Texas will execute a death row inmate next week. Is capital punishment as it exists in the United States contrary to religious teachings?

Opinion | In the Eyes of God, Does a State Have the Right to Kill a Man?

The state of Texas will execute a death row inmate next week. Is capital punishment as it exists in the United States contrary to religious teachings?

70 Years After Being Executed for Rape, 7 Black Men Are Pardoned in Virginia

For decades, family members of the men, known as the Martinsville Seven, contended that they were denied due process. Gov. Ralph S. Northam agreed.