Entries by Pam Quanrud

On March 11, in sep­a­rate deci­sions, a fed­er­al court in Louisiana and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) stayed the upcom­ing exe­cu­tions of David Wood (sched­uled for exe­cu­tion in Texas on March 13) and Jessie Hoffman (sched­uled for exe­cu­tion in Louisiana on March 18). In Mr. Wood’s case, the TCCA grant­ed a stay of exe­cu­tion to allow the state more time to address the eight claims Mr. Wood assert­ed in his state habeas claim. In Mr. Hoffman’s case, the U.S. District Court for the Middle…

On January 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released its Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre of May 31-June 1, 1921. The depart­ment char­ac­ter­ized the report as​“the fed­er­al government’s first thor­ough reck­on­ing” designed to acknowl­edge, illu­mi­nate, and pre­serve for his­to­ry the​“hor­ri­ble ordeals of the massacre’s vic­tims” even if they found no legal avenue for pros­e­cu­tion of the crimes committed over…