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A Brother’s Plea: Stop This Execution
This week my brother's life could be taken for a "confession" he was tortured into making.
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Warren Hill Too Mentally Disabled To Execute, But …
Warren Hill was found to be "mentally retarded" by a Georgia state judge. This finding would have exempted him from execution in other states. But Georgia, and only Georgia, requires…
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Colorado Gov.: Should We As A State Be Taking Lives?
Colorado's Governor granted an indefinite stay for Nathan Dunlap, who was set to be executed in August. In doing so the Gov. questioned the death penalty itself.
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Speed Kills
With more death row mistakes than any other state, Florida should not be trying to put executions on a fast track. But that's what seems to be happening.
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Turning Away From Celebrating Death
In Nebraska, support for death penalty abolition is once again on the rise; as elsewhere, legislators and the public are losing interest in pursuing death.
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A Mother Speaks: “I Don’t Want To Lose My Son to the Death Penalty”
The judicial system is meant to be fair, however many of those who sit on death row are up against a flawed judicial system where justice for many lives has…
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It’s Official! Death Penalty Now Abolished In Maryland
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has signed death penalty abolition into law, making his state the 18th in the U.S. to abandon capital punishment.
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Rushing To Judgment
A rush to judgment, fueled by all-in media coverage of a particularly heinous crime, increases the chances that criminal justice officials will make critical mistakes, or engage in deliberate misconduct.
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‘Anyone Who Says We Live Comfortably on Death Row Has Obviously Never Been There’
More than 300 prisoners across the USA – including 18 who were on death row – have been exonerated in the past few decades after DNA evidence played a major…
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Three Human Rights Victories You Helped Make Happen
While we often write about urgent news and actions about alarming abuses, today, we want to share some positive news - three major victories activists like you helped make happen.