On Thursday, Texas is set to execute Carlton Akee Turner. He murdered his parents. He has said he killed his father in self defense (Carlton Turner Sr. had been a very abusive, including breaking his son's leg when he was 7 years old); he has also said he doesn't know why he killed his mother. The thing is, as Bob Ray Sanders reports in today's Fort Worth Star Telegram, members of......

After years of allowing his case to drag on, Tennessee released Paul House into the custody of his mother Joyce, where he will remain till October. House's story represents another strong claim of innocence on death row, and his treatment exemplifies the depravity of the system, and the state's negligence to treat prisoners with respect. House suffers from multiple sclerosis, a......

"No right way to do the wrong thing" is an old saying; a Google search doesn't shed much light on its origins, although one website suggests that "no right way to do a wrong thing" is an old Turkish proverb. One of its most recent incarnations is in a Toby Keith song, entitled "Ain't No Right Way". The "wrong things" in this case are single motherhood, child abuse and banning school prayer. ......

While the death penalty is inherently irrevocable and unjust to those sentenced to death, the variables that lend themselves to determining death sentences all become complex indicators in deciding who will live and who will die. Even though one person executed would be one too many, the actual number of people sentenced to death and the number of those that are actually executed make......

The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice issued a 117-page report yesterday on the administration of the death penalty in California. They have agreed unanimously that capital punishment in California is broken and that implementing reforms will cost a fortune. Through four years of extensive research into those on death row, the crimes eligible for capital punishment, and......