Articles about Fairness

In the first case heard under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act (RJA), a judge found that racial b

April 22nd marks the 25th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's decision in McCleskey v. Kemp.

Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, reminded TED to talk abou

A report authored by dozens of legal scholars and lawyers was released this week describing

Following a historic clemency recommendation by the Delaware Board of Pardons, Delaw

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the latest appeal of Duane Edward Buck, moving the state of Texas one step closer to carrying out an execution that nearly everyone admits is tainted by issues of race.

Will Texas soon carry out another questionable execution? Henry “Hank” Skinner has been requesting DNA tests for evidence in his case for over a decade.

UPDATE: Marcus Ray Johnson, who had been scheduled for execution in Georgia on Wednesday, October 5th, was granted a stay of execution pending a review of new evidence of his innocence.

Just hours before Texas inmate Duane Edward Buck was to be taken to the death chamber the US Supreme Court halted his execution to investigate charges that his sentence was tainted by race issues .

A new report concludes that the death penalty is an activity practiced by the few, and suffered by the many.