by John Floyd | Feb 24, 2026 | Death Penalty
Americans’ approval of the death penalty has declined significantly since the middle of the 1970’s, with the average approval rating hitting 52 percent in 2025 according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The number of executions has decreased...
by John Floyd | Jun 22, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty
The State of Texas has executed 595 people since 1982—far more than any other state in the nation. Texas also leads the country in the probability that it has executed ten innocent men since 1989. During the same period, there have been 499 exonerations of innocent...
by John Floyd | Mar 29, 2025 | Constitutional Law, Death Penalty
Richard Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death for being a party to the January 6, 1997, murder of an Oklahoma City motel owner. The murder was carried out by a violent 19-year-old “meth” addict named Justin Sneed, who beat the owner, Barry Van...
by John Floyd | Oct 17, 2024 | Death Penalty
The State of Texas has more than probably executed ten innocent people since the State resumed executions in 1982. Today, the State, through yet another overzealous district attorney, is preparing to execute yet another man who is more than probably innocent. On June...
by John Floyd | Oct 6, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty
The death penalty is an incurably flawed punishment. The September 24, 2024, execution of Imam Marcellus “Khalifa” Williams, a Black American, by the State of Missouri illustrates just how flawed the punishment is. Williams was convicted and sentenced to...
by John Floyd | Jun 30, 2024 | Death Penalty
Texas takes pride in its perception of being a God-fearing state. It also takes pride in its law-and-order image, sporting bona fides as the State with the most executions since 1976, when the nation’s moratorium on the death penalty came to an end. As of December...
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