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Death Penalty

Pam Perillo’s Sisterhood of the Condemned

She's a death row survivor, but she doesn't think she's really any different from her friends who are still set to die.

by Michelle Pitcher

Keep Reading

New Report Highlights the ‘Fatal Flaws’ Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions

by Michelle Pitcher

Pro-Life, Anti-Death Penalty

by Michelle Pitcher

‘I Got a Lot of People Believing in Me’: Robert Roberson Stares Down Death, Again

by Michelle Pitcher

Mar 16, 2015

Letters from Death Row: Alone on the Inside

In an informal Observer survey, death row inmates describe a world of extreme isolation, where mental illness is both cause and symptom.

by Alex Hannaford

Rodney Reed Jan 21, 2015

Six Weeks Before a Scheduled Execution, Protesters Ask Abbott to Grant Clemency

by Alisa Semiens

Oct 08, 2014

Huntsville Redemption

On Wednesday, one more innocent man walked away from Texas' death row

by Jo DePrang

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Jun 10, 2014

What Compounding Pharmacies Want From Greg Abbott

Compounding pharmacies' interests run far deeper than secrecy over the lethal injection drug supply.

by Patrick Michels

May 19, 2014

State of Texas: Decline of the Death Penalty

by Mikaela Rodriguez

Matagorda County District Attorney Steven Reis outside the courthouse in Bay City. Apr 25, 2014

Observer Radio Episode 55: Prosecutor’s Dilemma

by Jonathan McNamara

Matagorda County District Attorney Steven Reis outside the courthouse in Bay City. Apr 23, 2014

To Kill? Or Not to Kill?

As executions decline in Texas, a small-town prosecutor decides whether to seek the death penalty.

by Maurice Chammah

Mar 03, 2014

Houston Author David Dow’s Death and Dying Lowdown

by Allison Wright

Sebadoh's "Harmacy" Oct 11, 2013

Observer Podcast Episode 29: Insurance in Hidalgo County and Recanting Testimonies

by Jonathan McNamara

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