Voices: Shujaa Graham
November 4, 2016
“You know it’s hard every day sitting in a courtroom knowing you’re totally innocent,” Graham says. “I was framed because of my beliefs and because I was outspoken about prison conditions.”
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A Playwright Revisits the Execution of Chessman
October 17, 2016
The case of Caryl Chessman reverberated throughout the US and around the world, as California’s 12-year battle to execute him was fought in the courts and in the media.
UN Again Calls for Abolition of the Death Penalty
October 17, 2016
The UN releases a new book on the death penalty, and again calls for worldwide abolition.
In Brief: October 2016
October 17, 2016
States around the country continue to tinker with the “machinery of death.” Here are a few of the more interesting developments around the country in the past few weeks.
Poll: National Support for Death Penalty Falls Below 50%
October 17, 2016
Support for the death penalty is the lowest it’s been in more than 40 years.
The Rising Cost of Execution
October 17, 2016
As the cost of executions rises, state officials are scrambling to find the money to pay for them.
Endorsements Roll In for California’s Prop 62
October 17, 2016
Newspapers are unanimous in their endorsement of Prop 62 and the repeal of California’s death penalty.
Voices: Ron Briggs
October 17, 2016
“We actually thought at the time, naively, that a broader death penalty would deter criminals,” Briggs says. “We truly believed the bill would reduce crime in California.”
California’s Killing Counties
October 17, 2016
Five counties in southern California have been handing down so many death sentences one death penalty expert has dubbed them the “new Death Belt.”
Federal court tells Missouri to identify its lethal drug suppliers
September 14, 2016
A federal appeals court ruled last week that Missouri must disclose the identities of the suppliers who provide it with the drugs used in its
In Brief: September 2016
September 8, 2016
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators passed a resolution last week calling for an end to the death penalty in the U.S. The 320-member
Bernie Sanders, SF Chronicle, LA Times, East Bay Times join long list of Prop 62 endorsers
September 8, 2016
“In California, the death penalty system stopped working many years ago, but taxpayers continue to pay for it,” says Our Revolution, the recently formed political
ACLU report: “All of the 22 people who received death sentences while DA Lacey has been in office are people of color.”
June 18, 2019
A report published today by the ACLU, “A Closer Look at Los Angeles County’s Troubling Death-Penalty Track Record,” finds that under LA District Attorney Jackie
“It’s not over”
June 14, 2019
Early last month, a small group of California district attorneys organized what it called a “Victims of Murder Justice Tour” in a few cities around
Study: The death penalty means higher taxes, fewer government services
June 14, 2019
“I have no reason to believe government officials are deliberately hiding the way they pay for capital trials, but I do believe taxpayers in death
New Hampshire repeals its death penalty
June 14, 2019
Twenty-one years after New Hampshire legislator Renny Cushing introduced his first bill to repeal the death penalty, he was finally successful last month when the
Four states, five executions
June 14, 2019
The machinery of death was in high gear in the South in May. Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida each killed a man, and Alabama executed two.
Florida SA Aramis Ayala won’t run for re-election
June 14, 2019
Stating that, “After the Florida Supreme Court’s decision on the death penalty, it became abundantly clear to me that the death penalty law in the
We’re building on the momentum
June 14, 2019
“I can’t think of a more exciting time to be part of the movement to abolish the death penalty,” new DPF Executive Director Nancy Haydt
In brief: June 2019
June 14, 2019
In Virginia, the Washington Post reports that progressive challengers defeated longtime incumbent prosecutors in Fairfax and Arlington counties on Tuesday. “The shift marks a stunning change:
While we’re on the subject . . .
June 14, 2019
In his New York Times column, “When We Kill: Everything You Think You Know About the Death Penalty is Wrong,” Nicholas Kristof cites cases (including Kevin
