Gavin Newsom Is About to Halt California's Death Row Executions
California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to issue a moratorium on all death row executions in the state,…
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Temporary Stay in Arkansas's First Planned Execution Since 2005 [Updated]
Arkansas’s horrific plan to execute eight men in two weeks met another roadblock Thursday night when the U.S. Supreme…
Arkansas Stays 1 Execution, Delays Another In Attempt to Thwart Lethal Injection Spree
Arkansas’s uniquely inhumane and disgusting plan to execute 8 men in 10 days in order to beat the expiration dates on…
Arkansas Death Row Inmate Has His Last Meal, Awaits Court Decision
Arkansas death row inmate Don Davis ate his last meal tonight as state and federal courts deliberated over whether to…
Arkansas Plans to Execute 8 Men in 10 Days to Beat Lethal Injection Drug Expiration Date
All of the topics we discuss on Big Time Dicks are disgusting in their blatant willingness to disregard other people’s…
Florida Officials Have Until Friday to Figure Out How to Enforce Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sentencing of a Florida man to death was unconstitutional. The next…
Death Penalty Enthusiast Antonin Scalia Wouldn't Be Surprised If It Were Abolished
On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he would not be surprised if the death penalty was abolished in…
Ohio Will Postpone All Executions Until January 2017
On Monday, October 19, the state of Ohio deferred its execution schedule until January 2017 due to problems acquiring…
Georgia to Execute First Female Inmate in 70 Years Tonight
Kelly Gissendaner, the sole female inmate on Georgia’s death row, will be executed Tuesday evening, 18 years after she…
Mississippi Judge Suspends All Executions
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate ordered all executions to temporarily halt, calling lethal…
Rick Perry Hates Cervical Cancer
There was lots of punching up at Rick Perry at last night's Republican debate, the first time the candidates had a…
Illinois Reacts To Death Penalty Abolition
Yesterday Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in his state. Now the families of…
Is Teresa Lewis's Execution A Gender Issue?
The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia death-row inmate Teresa Lewis's bid for a stay of execution, but Sonia Sotomayor
Is Virginia's Death-Row Woman Our Sakineh Ashtiani?
For the first time in a hundred years, a woman is on death row in Virginia. Now Iran is calling the US hypocritical for…
3 Reasons Why "Erotic Capital" Is Bullshit
Catherine Hakim argues that "erotic capital" — a "combination of physical and social attractiveness" — is more…
Does Phillip Garrido Deserve To Die?
As the news of Phillip Garrido's twisted crimes continues to unfold, I'm seeing a lot of people — including Jez…
The GOP Can't Save Itself, And We Won't Help
Moe is on the (supposedly) WiFi-enabled bus from Virginia, taking in the greatness of America (or at least that section…
A Saudi Arabian woman has been sentenced to 200 lashes for being gang raped by six men; this was her sentence after a r…