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With Death Sentences Down, Things Are Looking Up in Texas
[caption id="attachment_6709" align="alignnone" width="309" caption="Source: Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty"][/caption] It’s always nice to hear good news about the decline of the death penalty, and even nicer when…
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Troy Davis gets visitors in Georgia: Peachy with a side of Keane
By Laura Moye, Death Penalty Abolition Campaign Director This is just a quick note from Savannah, Georgia, where I am right now with a wonderful delegation of folks from the…
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A Healthy Justice System
As Amnesty International reported yesterday the African nation of Togo became the 94th country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, and the 15th member of…
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A Clear Scientific Consensus that the Death Penalty does NOT Deter
Scientists agree, by an overwhelming majority, that the death penalty has no deterrent effect. They felt the same way over ten years ago, and nothing has changed since then. States…
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Connecticut Is Wrong To Veto Death Penalty Abolition Bill
I am extremely disappointed that Governor M. Jodi Rell today vetoed HB 6578, which would have abolished the death penalty in Connecticut. Governor Rell’s veto of this legislation represents a…
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200th Execution under one Governor
With the execution of Terry Lee Hankins last night, Texas Governor Rick Perry has reached a pretty apalling benchmark: 200 executions in his eight and a half years as governor. …
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Tweet to help Amnesty win $100k for human rights!
Today, please send Twitter messages supporting Amnesty International to actor Hugh Jackman @RealHughJackman. The actor is asking fans to help him choose a charity worthy of his $100,000 donation and…
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Bad News, Good News
The bad news is that the United States is still among the top executioners in the world. The good news is that the numbers are down. According to an Amnesty…
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New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty!
Tonight, a little after 6 PM mountain time, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty in his state. After weeks of publicly wrestling…
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Death Penalty Debate in States Heats Up
UPDATE:Â The New Mexico House of Representatives passed the death penalty repeal bill, by a vote of 40-28. Today the New Mexico House of Representatives will be debating and possibly…
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Maryland Abolition Takes Another Step Forward
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has announced, via a Washington Post article among other places, that he intends to personally sponsor a death penalty repeal bill and will “do ‘everything in…
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Texas' Reluctant Jurors
Today, Time wonders if Texas is "Changing its Mind About the Death Penalty." There is ample evidence that something is happening. According to the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death…