Death Penalty Moratorium

Cook County Prosecutor Continues to Investigate Students for Trying to Free an Innocent Man

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Cook County prosecutors continue their relentless attempt to discredit the work of the students of the Medill Innocence Project in their efforts to exonerate Anthony McKinney.

Welcome to Texas: The Death Penalty State

Rachel Farris | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Rachel Farris

As the case against Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004, sinks like a rock, the truth has started to float to the top and the rats are streaming out from all sides, led by none other than Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Time for a Moratorium to Rethink Executions

Jennifer Brunner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Jennifer Brunner

When I served as a felony trial court judge in Columbus, Ohio, I learned firsthand that in rape and murder cases, no one is healed by the trial and punishment.

Quinn: Keep Death Penalty Moratorium

AP | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's moratorium on capital punishment should continue even as DuPage County prosecutors seek the death pena...

A(nother) Beautiful Child is Killed: What Should We Do With Her Murderers?

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.29.2008 | Chicago


Harold Pollack

I've seen nothing to suggest that we accomplish much by brutalizing the small and troubled people who commit atrocities. Killing these four gang bangers who murdered Nequiel Fowler does nothing to honor or memorialize this beautiful child.