Outside the Beltway

A man with one of the more unique political and personal resumes in recent memory has passed away.

The marriage equality issue is resolved, but that doesn’t mean the Supreme Court won’t have a lot of high profile cases on its docket over the next eight months.

Prosecutors in South Carolina announced that they will seek the death penalty for Charleston shooter Dylann Roof.

Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.

Connecticut eliminated the death penalty several years ago, and now the state’s Supreme Court has ruled that the men remaining on death row cannot be executed.

Somewhat surprisingly, a jury in Colorado was unable to agree on a unanimous death sentence for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

Almost exactly three years after the attack on a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes was found guilty late yesterday.

A Republican political consultant says Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the death penalty is administered, dealing a serious blow to opponents of the death penalty.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared in public for what is likely the last time in his life, apologized for the crimes he committed, and was unsurprisingly sentenced to death by a Federal Judge.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.

Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first truly-elected president, has been sentenced to death by the government which ousted him in a coup.

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

An elite FBI Forensics unit gave flawed and false testimony in cases over a period that lasted more than 20 years.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.

A victory for evil.

A man best known, perhaps, for what he didn’t do, has passed away

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

Two men in North Carolina are free after spending 31 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit.

The most novel argument yet against capital punishment.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

A turning point in public opinion?

Tennessee makes an unfortunate return to the past.

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

Innocent men have been put to death on the orders of the state.

Another liberal legal scholar is calling on Justice Ginsburg to resign. She’s unlikely to listen to them.

The American justice system is unique.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

China’s Communist Party has announced a significant change to the nation’s infamous “One Child” policy.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

How can anyone possibly support the death penalty?

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.