Utah Was Shifting Away From the Death Penalty. Then Came Trump and Tyler Robinson.
The immediate calls for the execution of Charlie Kirk’s killer mark a resurgence of pro-death penalty politics in Utah and beyond.
Liliana Segura
Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. She was previously an associate editor at the Nation Magazine, where she edited a number of award-winning stories and earned a 2014 Media for a Just Society Award for her writing on prison profiteering. While at The Intercept, Segura has received the Texas Gavel Award in 2016 and the 2017 Innocence Network Journalism Award for her investigations into convictions in Arizona and Ohio. In 2019 she was honored in the Abolitionist category of the Frederick Douglass 200, a recognition given by the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Trials of Richard Glossip
Court Filings Reveal New Details About Oklahoma AG Flip-Flopping on Freeing Richard Glossip
AG Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor, told Glossip’s lawyer that the timing of his release hinged “on his own political calculus.”
“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black
Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.
Tennessee Is About to Execute Byron Black — Despite His Intellectual Disability
Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Judge Swallows Prosecutors’ Discredited Arguments to Keep Richard Glossip in Jail
Mere months ago, Glossip seemed close to exoneration. Now he’s facing a third murder trial.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip
In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.
Top Scientists Debunked the Arson Case Against Michelle Taylor. She’s in Prison Anyway.
The only evidence suggesting Michelle Taylor set the fire that killed her son was repeatedly undercut by expert witnesses in a Florida courtroom.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Oklahoma Seeks New Conviction of Richard Glossip Using Old Evidence
After the Supreme Court overturned Glossip’s conviction, prosecutors claimed to have “a plethora of evidence,” while offering none.
Trials of Richard Glossip
In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder
During a hearing in Oklahoma City, the state made clear it will go ahead despite the fact that the case against Glossip has fallen apart.
Facing Life in Prison Based on Shoddy Evidence, a Florida Mother Makes a Deal
Michelle Taylor was accused of setting a fire that killed her son for insurance money — even though the arson evidence didn’t hold up.