Tag: executions

For 12 years, the death chamber has been empty in the state, but this week a single execution and then a double execution were held there. Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, both on death row for over 20 years for murder and rape, were killed most recently. There is a rush in Arkansas because one … Read more

In the US, 72 people were sentenced to death last year, and according to new research the faces of those tried in court may have had something to do with their sentence. An “alarming bias” in the criminal justice system, U of T researchers found, results from the prejudice attached to people’s appearance. The researchers … Read more