Entries by Fatime Niane

On death row, pris­on­ers expe­ri­ence some of the harsh­est con­di­tions in the American prison sys­tem, which often take a severe psy­cho­log­i­cal and phys­i­cal toll. Despite these chal­lenges, many death-sen­­­tenced pris­on­ers com­plete­ly trans­form in prison — they become remorse­ful, accept respon­si­bil­i­ty, and devote them­selves to edu­ca­tion, men­tor­ship, faith, and advo­ca­cy. Their sto­ries stand in stark con­trast to the com­mon nar­ra­tive that peo­ple sen­tenced to death…

In a February 2026 arti­cle pub­lished in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Professor Deborah Denno charts how exe­cu­tion meth­ods in the United States​“have become cru­el­er” over the past fifty years. Her arti­cle details exe­cu­tion pro­ce­dures adopt­ed across death penal­ty states from 1977 to 2025, ana­lyz­ing their soci­etal and cul­tur­al under­pin­nings, and expos­ing their​“flaws, unsci­en­tif­ic ori­gins, and reliance on unqualified executioners.” > ​“Boyd asks for the…