[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. Some of the most famous rappers in the country — Travis Scott, Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, Fat Joe — filed briefs at the U.S. […]
Sonny Burton Is Off Alabama Death Row. His Daughter Tells He…
[ad_1] By Carolyn Amanda Shavers Charles “Sonny” Burton Jr., 75, was scheduled to be executed in Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on March 12. But two days before he was to be forced to inhale fatal nitrogen gas, Gov. Kay Ivey — who has presided over 25 executions since she took office in 2017 — commuted […]
Role of Spiritual Advisers in Execution Chamber Varies by St…
[ad_1] During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser. A few years earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had expanded religious rights for the condemned, saying spiritual advisers could accompany them into the execution chamber and could touch […]
Texas’ Robert Roberson: What to Know About His Halted Execut…
[ad_1] Texas’ highest criminal court has halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who had been scheduled to die via lethal injection next week, after being convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis. Roberson’s was the latest case from Texas to produce a small explosion of news coverage, one of many featuring celebrities and lawmakers […]
David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution — Or Pro…
[ad_1] Two months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood — a name she knows all too well. Wood is facing execution on March 13 for the 1987 murder of Fulton’s teenage daughter, Desiree Wheatley, along with five other girls and young women. “I […]