Alabama's nitrogen gas executions constitute cruel and unusual punishment, judge rules. #deathpenalty www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama...
1 in 61 people nationwide are under some form of correctional control — and the vast majority of them are on probation or parole.
The data is clear: The "land of the free" is committed to a system of mass punishment.
NEW: The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill.
Justice Jackson: "I cannot understand the Court’s rush to extinguish [life], much less in the circumstances of this case."
Today, at Law Dork:
How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...
In a first, California Supreme Court reverses a death sentence under new racial justice law. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
Supreme Court spares life of convicted murderer with low IQ. #deathpenalty www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
A dissent by 77-year-old Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in an Alabama death penalty ruling this week found two conservative justices siding with the minority liberal wing, and three other conservatives wanting nothing to do with his recommendations.
Wow, the Supreme Court's third and final decision is Hamm v. Smith, a case about the execution of mentally disabled people—but the court simply dismisses it as improvidently granted. Thomas and Alito dissent.
Count this as a win—the 8th Amendment survives. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Becerra, a front-runner for California governor, has a history of blocking police accountability measures and seeking to uphold the death penalty.
The concerns of a dissenting Justice is often shown by one clear statement of "I dissent" instead of something like "I respectfully dissent."
By my count, Justice Kagan writes "I dissent" six times in the dissenting opinion.