The Supreme Court denied Domineque Ray's request to have his Muslim imam in the room during his lethal injection, raising questions of religious discrimination. But his trial and death sentence were an uphill battle from the start.
Jason Van Dyke has been sentenced to over six years in prison. Read Pacific Standard's most relevant stories on the Chicago policeman's murder of a black teenager.
A mourner holds a candle for murdered Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz on January 17th, 2019, in Gdansk, Poland.
Shepard's murderer unsuccessfully claimed gay panic, a defense that's still legal in 47 states.
On Friday, a jury convicted Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer, of the second-degree murder of black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany.
Conservatives see Mollie Tibbetts' murder as proof of a need for more stringent immigration policies. Here's why they're wrong.
The city has reputation for violence, but without some of the best trauma centers the situation could be much worse.
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Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel.
The Central Asian nation has a far greater number of female prisoners jailed for murder of a male family member than other countries in the region.
At least 200 people were killed in 24 countries last year in retaliation for standing up to environmentally destructive industrial projects.
By leaving out crucial statistics, the Netflix phenomenon plays into clichés about murdered women.
In 1989 in Fairbanks, Alaska, Byran Perotti killed Johnny Jackson in cold blood. The community's silence around the murder compounded the shock of the crime itself.
A distinct criminological profile emerges when researchers study the men and women who kill family members.
The slaying of two Virginia journalists captures the horror of death in the age of photographic reproduction.
Scenes before a tragedy—and how art responds to murder.
A new Supreme Court case could affect thousands of prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes they committed as teens.
A new analysis of crime stats suggests that economics trumps biology in causing violent behavior in teenagers.
The Etan Patz murder trial is the latest test case for measuring the power of a confession, whether or not it’s actually true.
Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeish address our anxieties and correct our assumptions.
Local police departments should reflect the communities they serve, but fixing that alone won’t curb unnecessary violence.
A compelling new documentary on Boston's infamous mob boss shows the lasting trauma of his reign of terror.