New poll says death penalty support lowest in 45 years
November 9, 2017
Americans’ support for the death penalty is now at 55 percent, the lowest number since 1972, according to a poll released by Gallup late last
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The U.S. votes against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for homosexuality
October 13, 2017
On September 29, the United States voted against a United Nations resolution that condemns the death penalty as a sentence for those found guilty of
Duane Buck gets life sentence instead of death in Texas racial bias case
October 13, 2017
Duane Buck was sentenced to life in prison last week, 20 years after he was first sentenced to death. In a plea deal, the 54-year-old
World Day Against the Death Penalty focuses on the death penalty and poverty
October 13, 2017
The death penalty “is inextricably linked to poverty. Social and economic inequalities affect access to justice for those who are sentenced to death for several
A “shameful” book argues for the death penalty
October 13, 2017
“This is a horrible collection of half-truths, and misleading information. It is shameful.” The “horrible collection of half-truths” that Dale Recinella, a Catholic chaplain on
In Brief: October 2017
October 13, 2017
In Texas, 38-year-old Robert Pruett was executed last night, convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1999. He had been in prison since he was
While we’re on the subject. . . .
October 13, 2017
In “Fighting an Oncoming Train,” in the September 29th issue of “Slate,” Susannah Sheffer, a clinical mental health counselor and researcher, reveals what she learned
Voices: Bethany Webb
October 13, 2017
When Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals sentenced the man who killed her sister, wounded her mother, and killed seven others in the worst
John Thompson
October 13, 2017
John Thompson died early this month of a heart attack at the age of 55. He had spent 14 years on death row at the
CA exonerees, advocates speak out on wrongful convictions and the death penalty
October 13, 2017
October 2 was the fourth annual International Wrongful Conviction Day. Around the world, exonerees, attorneys, and activists spoke out about wrongful convictions, their impact on
California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 66
September 8, 2017
The California Supreme Court’s decision last month to uphold Proposition 66, possibly green-lighting the resumption of executions in the state, was not surprising, but it
Death Penalty Taken Off the Table in Orange County Trial Tainted by Prosecutorial Misconduct
September 8, 2017
In two weeks, Scott Dekraai, who confessed to killing eight people and wounding another in October 2011, in the worst mass killing in Orange County
A BIG STEP TOWARD ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CALIFORNIA
July 7, 2021
by Stephen Rohde When the story is told about how the death penalty was abolished in California, the work of a little-known legislative committee will
US Attorney General Calls for a Moratorium on Federal Death Penalty
July 7, 2021
Stating that the Justice Department “must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution
US Attorney General Merrick Garland Calls for a Moratorium on Federal Death Penalty
July 6, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Mary Kate DeLucco415-243-0143mary@deathpenalty.org US Attorney General Merrick Garland Calls for a Moratorium on Federal Death Penalty Sacramento (July 2, 2021) — Stating
In Brief – June 2021
June 9, 2021
In Arizona, corrections officials are preparing to execute death row prisoners with the same gas the Nazis used in mass killings at its concentration camps,
Voices: Philip Hansten
June 9, 2021
“I am confident there will come a day when we will have abolished the death penalty, and we will wonder how we could possibly have
A Former Death Row Prisoner Celebrates Virginia’s Abolition
June 9, 2021
For Joe Giarratano, Virginia’s abolition of the death penalty was a personal victory. He was on Virginia’s death row for 38 years before being released
California’s Racial Justice Act for All Passes Assembly
June 9, 2021
Last week, the California Racial Justice Act for All (AB 256), which addresses institutionalized and implicit racial bias in criminal cases, passed the state Assembly and
California Supreme Court Hears an Appeal that Could Change Death Sentencing
June 9, 2021
The California Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments from both sides on an appeal by a Los Angeles man who says his death sentence violated
California Commission Recommends Abolition of the Death Penalty
June 9, 2021
It was unanimous. “Eliminating the death penalty is a critical step towards creating a fair and equitable justice system for all in California, as the
