Entries tagged with “Pamela Colloff

Executions

Jul 09, 2026

Article of Interest: A Close Look at Florida’s Execution Spree

A June 30 arti­cle by Pamela Colloff, co-pub­­lished in *ProPublica* and *The New York Times Magazine*, inves­ti­gates Florida’s record-set­t­ing pace of exe­cu­tions over the past 18 months, even as the rest of the coun­try large­ly​“aban­dons” the death penal­ty. Ms. Colloff uses data from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) to empha­size Florida’s out­lier sta­tus, while explor­ing the polit­i­cal impli­ca­tions of the exe­cu­tion spree and its impact on the peo­ple involved. As DPI