Richard Glossip woke up on Christmas morning at the Oklahoma County Detention Center, a 13-story, red brick tower in downtown Oklahoma City. He did a video visit with his wife Lea, then talked to her on the phone as he was served his dinner tray — a bit o... See more
The headlines came fast and furious: Nick Reiner, 32, could face the death penalty for murdering his own parents, beloved Hollywood couple Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. News coverage ranged from practical explainers on California’s death penalty t... See more
PLN managing editor quoted re First Step Act, private prisons https://theintercept.com/2018/12/22/first-step-ac… THE FIRST STEP ACT COULD BE A BIG GIFT TO CORECIVIC AND THE PRIVATE PRISON INDUSTRY ON THE DAY the U.S. Senate passed the First Step Act, the ... See more
On the same day the state of Georgia issued a death warrant for Stacey Ian Humphreys, setting his execution for December 17, Gov. Brian Kemp announced his latest appointment to the Board of Pardons and Parole, the five-member body that would ultimately de... See more
Alabama Deputy Solicitor general Robert Overing approached the podium at the U.S. Supreme Court on a mission: to convince the justices that 55-year-old Joseph Clifton Smith should be put to death. Never mind the two-day evidentiary hearing years earlier, ... See more
