United States 2026
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on United States in 2026
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, Black, executed on September 23
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jeffery Lee, 49, Black, was executed on September 17
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. LeJames Norman, 40, Black, was executed on September 16
SEPTEMBER 11, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Brian Martin sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Daniel Conahan, 72, White, was executed on September 10
A suspected serial killer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Italian court still not ready to extradite Lee Gilley
Over possible punishment concerns
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Billy Adams sentenced to death
APRIL 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Sentences for 18-20 Year-Olds at 20-Year Low
APRIL 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. 2 Magicians Warn the U.S. Supreme Court About Junk Science
Penn & Teller
APRIL 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Race of Victim Effect and the Death Penalty
Killing a white person is a more serious offence than killing a black person
APRIL 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 5.5 million people are under the control of the criminal legal system
2 million in prison, 3 million on probation, 530.000 on parole
- APRIL 1, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Why Executions are Becoming “Crueler”
MARCH 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mentally Ill Prisoners and the Death Penalty
DPIC Report
MARCH 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - NYT: the Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think
- MARCH 9, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Costs and the Death Penalty
A DPIC study
MARCH 8, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Dale Baich: A defender on death row
Dale Baich has watched 16 men die
- MARCH 4, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Deterrence and the Death Penalty
DPIC Report
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Constitutional protection for prisoners
Trump, Biden, federal commutees and a judge
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors in Luigi Mangione case won’t appeal ruling barring death penalty
FEBRUARY 26, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo. Government Still Building Case for U.S.S. Cole Trial 25 Years After Attack
FEBRUARY 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
FEBRUARY 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. An intervention by Mumia Abu Jamal from prison
The now 72-year-old former Black Panther militant has been in prison for 45 years
FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”
- FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Judge: Government Is Not Above the Law, Nor Are Former Death-Row Inmates Beneath Its Protection
- FEBRUARY 11, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Judge Blocks Transfer of Former Federally Death-Sentenced Prisoners to Supermax Prison
FEBRUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
Guantanamo trial against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to begin in summer
- JANUARY 30, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Luigi Mangione won’t face most serious federal charges, judge rules
JANUARY 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump’s vendetta against federal death row inmates
Sends prisoners who received commutations to “Alcatraz of the Rockies”
- JANUARY 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date?
Here’s What to Know
JANUARY 14, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Analysis of Racial Bias and Death Eligibility in 2025