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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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Another Year, Another Unarmed Black Man Killed by Police
The below piece was written in January of 2009. Police continue to kill people with impunity in numbers close to 1,000 annually, disproportionally impacting black people. E-mail us at [email protected]…
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US Must Monitor Use of US Weapons in Gaza
Amnesty International has called on the US State Department to suspend all transfers of military weaponry and equipment to Israel until it conducts an investigation into whether US weapons were…
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Reports that have lost their meaning
As we enter the new year the U.S. State Department is finishing the touches on its annual human rights report. When I took over as Egypt country specialist for Amnesty…
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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…
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Capital Punishment Slowing Down
The Death Penalty Information Center has released its Year End Report (pdf) for 2008. It reveals clearly that the trend towards growing skepticism and diminishing (and more regional) use of…