Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says
Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions this year.
Out for Blood
In the midst of the pandemic, the Trump administration embarked on an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people over the course of six months in the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Biden Commuted Their Death Sentences. Now What?
As three men challenge their commutations, others brace for imminent prison transfers and the finality of a life sentence with no chance of release.
She Lost Her Dad to Trump’s Killing Spree. Now She Wants Biden to Clear His Name.
Alfred Bourgeois’s daughter is convinced of his innocence. In the four years since his execution, she has waged a sometimes-lonely battle to prove it.
“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree
Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones.
Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.
Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?
With Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations will stop another federal execution spree.
Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.
Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
Amid the Lingering Trauma of Trump’s Executions, a New Project Brings Families to Federal Death Row
Three years after Trump’s unprecedented killing spree, the death row visitation project offers a lifeline for those who survived.
After Trump’s Execution Spree, Lingering Trauma and a Push for Abolition
As momentum builds to abolish the federal death penalty, the loved ones of those killed in Terre Haute have just started to grieve.
Dustin Higgs, the Last Man to Be Executed in Terre Haute, Maintains His Innocence
Higgs was sentenced to death for his role in a triple murder. A key witness later said the government’s case was “bullshit.”