In brief: May 2018
May 10, 2018
In Massachusetts, some Republicans are calling for reinstatement of the death penalty for the murder of law enforcement officials in the wake of the killing
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While we’re on the subject . . . .
May 10, 2018
Living on Death Row examines the “psychology of waiting to die.” Edited by Hans Toch, James R. Acker and Vincent Martin Bonventre, the book presents
Three states opt for execution by nitrogen
April 13, 2018
Three states, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alabama, have recently given the go-ahead to execute prisoners using nitrogen gas, a new, untested, untried method of killing women
How old is too old, how sick is too sick to be executed?
April 13, 2018
Just how old, how sick, or how mentally ill does a death row prisoner have to be for the government to opt not to execute
American Bar Association launches program to assist death penalty lawyers
April 13, 2018
Stating that there’s “a major gap in resources for lawyers who defend capital cases,” the American Bar Association is launching The Capital Clemency Resource Initiative,
New poll finds majority favor LWOP over death penalty
April 13, 2018
A new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University finds that American voters choose life without parole over the death penalty 51-37 percent, the first time a
In brief: April 2018
April 13, 2018
In Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit declined to hear an appeal by Keith Tharpe that he was sentenced to death
While we’re on the subject . . . .
April 13, 2018
A collection of the writings of the late Rabbi Leonard Beerman, edited by David N.. Myers, can be found in The Eternal Dissident: Rabbi Leonard
Voices: Justice for Walter Ogrod may be finally at hand
April 13, 2018
One year ago, we wrote about the case of Walter Ogrod, a man whom many believe was wrongfully convicted of killing four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn
Three executions, three very different outcomes
March 9, 2018
On Thursday, February 22, three executions in three different states were scheduled, with three very different outcomes. Eric Branch was executed in Florida, dying with
SCOTUS to hear case of AL man who can’t remember crime that put him on death row
March 9, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court late last month stayed the execution of Vernon Madison, less than an hour before it was to take place on January
Voices: Ashley Cook
November 8, 2021
A year ago, wrongful convictions and the death penalty were not something that crossed my mind very often. As a Japanese major, I generally stay
Oklahoma executes John Grant
November 8, 2021
“I want to share with you my absolute conviction that the death penalty must disappear from the entire world as it is a shame for
A “phenomenal legal battle in Japan”
November 8, 2021
In Japan, death row prisoners wake up every day wondering if it will be their last. Execution dates are not set in Japan so the prisoners don’t know when they will be executed until right before they are hanged (the only method Japan uses).
While we’re on the subject…
November 8, 2021
In its analysis of the President Biden-appointed US Supreme Court Reform Commission’s draft recommendations, Balls and Strikes says the “commission gave the death penalty a
“One Hundred Years From Mississippi” is now streaming free for DPF supporters!
November 8, 2021
You are going to want to meet Mamie Lang Kirkland.
Alabama Executes Willie B. Smith
November 8, 2021
The state of Alabama executed Willie B. Smith last month without bothering to dispute the fact that he was intellectually disabled.
In brief: November 2021
November 8, 2021
Updates from Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, and Utah.
Watch Now: Why Victims’ Family Members Oppose the Death Penalty
November 5, 2021
Why Victims’ Family Members Oppose the Death Penalty Watch the recap on-demand below Additional Resources Committee on Revision of the Penal Code – Death Penalty
Watch Now: How We Decrease Death Row & Abolish the Death Penalty
October 28, 2021
How we Decrease Death Row & Abolish the Death Penalty: A Conversation with the California Committee on Revision of the Penal Code Watch the recap
