Gabrielle Caplan
Associate Producer
Gabrielle focuses on death penalty and capital punishment coverage.
Black Man Sentenced to Die By All-White Jury Was Executed in Texas
John Balentine’s death sentence was marred by racial bias. His own attorney called the proceedings a “justifiable lynching.”
Ron DeSantis Wants to Make It Easier to Execute People
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a fan of unanimous juries and how much harder they make applying the death penalty.
Why Almost No One’s Being Let Out of Prison in Alabama
After a parolee murdered three people in 2018, Alabama’s parole rate has dropped to just 10 percent. It’s causing overcrowding and violence.
Richard Glossip Has Survived 3 Execution Dates. Now He’s Set for a Fourth.
Richard Glossip, 59, was sentenced to death in Oklahoma in 2004. Since then, he's eaten his last meal three times.
Arizona Just Executed Its First Inmate Since 2014 Botched Lethal Injection
Clarence Dixon is the first Arizona death row inmate to be executed since Joseph Wood repeatedly gasped and took two hours to die in 2014.
Why Is the US Going Back to Executions by Firing Squad?
Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and South Carolina have all legalized executions by firing squad once again.
Death Row Inmate Is Being Forced to Choose: Firing Squad or Electric Chair
Some argue Richard Moore shouldn’t even be on death row. Now he could become South Carolina’s test case for an archaic form of execution.
The Prosecutor Who Requested Melissa Lucio’s Execution Now Wants Her to Live
“If defendant Lucio does not get a stay by a certain day, then I will do what I have to do and stop it,” Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz said Tuesday.
Oklahoma Is Trying to Make It Nearly Impossible to Get Off Death Row
Many critics of a new bill claim it’s a direct retaliation to Julius Jones’ life being spared last November.
Schizophrenic Death Row Inmate Is Terrified His Execution Will Get Botched
Oklahoma’s first execution since its death penalty moratorium was lifted went horribly wrong. Donald Grant is scared the same will happen to him.
This Man Has Watched 133 Executions. Now He's Next.
Bigler Jobe Stouffer has spent 36 years on death row in Oklahoma and witnessed 133 executions. Now, it's his turn.
Julius Jones Is Scheduled to Die Today
If Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt does not grant clemency, Julius Jones will die by lethal injection at 4 p.m. Central Time.