Book of Donmon Teith

What does the most infamous criminal proceeding in history--the trial of Jesus of Nazareth--have to tell us about capital punishment in the United States? Jesus

Over the past three decades, the United States has embraced the death penalty with tenacious enthusiasm. While most of those countries whose legal systems and c

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishmen

The death penalty arouses our passions as does few other issues. Some view taking another person's life as just and reasonable punishment while others see it as

Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history.