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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 9, 2026
Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad
There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. There is plenty of debate about the moral atrocity that is a firing...
capital punishmentcontent moderation
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectSep 10, 2026
Gavin Newsom Could Reshape the U.S. Death Penalty, But It’s Politically Risky
More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.
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Death SentencesGavin Newsom
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJul 29, 2026
Since Death Penalty’s Return 50 Years Ago, Missouri Executes Prisoners at High Rate
Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.
St. Louis County, MissouriExecutions
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJul 9, 2026
We Asked Ohio’s Death Row What They Think of Governor’s Death Penalty Reversal
Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same reasoning.
Death SentencesRegional reporting
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 28, 2026
With ‘Live on Death Row,’ Rapper Rrome Alone Condemns the Death Penalty
“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” he declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.”
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Popular CultureMusic in Prison
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 22, 2026
Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row For First Time
Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.
Death SentencesDeath Sentence
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 22, 2026
How The Death Penalty At 50 Is Far More Broken Than We Knew
The racial disparities, the arbitrary outcomes, the endless waiting and the risk of executing the innocent persist.
Supreme CourtLethal Injection
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 18, 2026
The Countdown to David Wood’s Execution Date
One week before their client is set to die, the defense team awaits a final ruling.
The Last 12 WeeksDavid Wood
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 18, 2026
Meeting David Wood — And One of His Victims
We visit death row, where David Wood tries to clear his name. But not before a victim of his crimes has her say.
The Last 12 WeeksDavid Wood
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 18, 2026
The Defense Lawyers Approach a Victim’s Mother
In the final weeks before the execution date, the defense team has to decide just how far it’s willing to push to save David Wood’s life.
The Last 12 WeeksDavid Wood
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 18, 2026
A New Witness Shares a Surprising Theory
With less than two months until the execution, a witness makes a case for why David Wood isn’t the Desert Killer.
The Last 12 WeeksDavid Wood
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectJun 18, 2026
What If I Follow You Around?
A Marshall Project journalist asked a defense team if he could trail them as they tried to stop an execution weeks away. Surprisingly, they said yes.
The Last 12 WeeksDavid Wood
The Marshall Project
The Marshall ProjectMar 28, 2026
His Rap Lyrics Helped Send Him to Death Row. Travis Scott and T.I. Are Trying to Stop His Execution.
The rappers argue that James Broadnax’s case exemplifies a larger problem in American courtrooms: The use of rap lyrics as evidence.
Death SentencesJames Broadnax

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