The tough Georgia law that sent Genarlow Wilson to prison for having oral sex with a fellow teenager has been watered down. But in Georgia - and in many other states - it's still a crime for teenagers to have sex, even if they're close in age. ...more

November 2, 2007

Florida's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's lethal injection procedures are not cruel and unusual, which could clear the way for an execution scheduled this month. ...more

November 2, 2007

The Supreme Court halted an execution in Mississippi on Tuesday, less than an hour before a convicted killer was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection. ...more

October 31, 2007

A young black man imprisoned for having consensual oral sex with a teenage girl, who became an example of unequal justice for many, was released Friday after his conviction was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court. ...more

October 27, 2007

Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades. ...more

October 21, 2007

A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate drew thousands to Louisiana for a civil rights demonstration is back in jail, but a prosecutor said Friday the sentence has nothing to do with the racially charged case. ...more

October 13, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court, not its Florida counterpart, should decide whether to stay an execution scheduled next month while the federal justices consider a lethal injection challenge, a lawyer for the state argued Thursday. ...more

October 13, 2007

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions. ...more

September 26, 2007