After nearly two decades on death row, Julius Jones is getting closer to making his case for a commutation of his sentence. Jones maintains he is innocent of a 1999 murder and his case has gotten attention from Kim Kardashian West and other celebrities, who point to signs of racial bias and other evidence that supports his claim of innocence....

In his final weeks in the White House, President Trump is rushing to approve execution methods such as firing squads and hanging for federal death-row inmates. The Marshall Project’s Keri Blakinger explains what these new rules really mean for prisoners.