October 10th is the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty and this year’s theme is “Death Penalty: a road paved with torture.” As World Day falls on Indigenous People’s …
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Furman v. Georgia ruling, which temporarily outlawed executions in the USA, Amnesty International reminds President Biden and the federal authorities of the urgent need to meet his promise to work for permanent eradication of the death penalty. Justin Mazzola, Deputy Director, Research, at Amnesty International USA, said:
2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said today in its annual review of the death penalty.
Are you interested in getting involved in AIUSA’s death penalty work in your state? Fill out this form and we’ll connect you with a State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator in …
AIUSA’s Dallas Local Group and Texas State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator, Rick Halperin, invite you to join Voices of the Death Penalty, December 11th at 12:30pm ET/11:30am CT/9:30am PT. This …
Join Florida activists October 15th from 9am-3pm ET a virtual symposium on the death penalty. This one-day, virtual event puts the practice of State executions on trial. Expert witnesses will …
Join AIUSA Local Group 30 and friends on October 10th at 9pm ET/8pm CT/6pm PT for an important panel discussion about the death penalty and life without parole (LWOP) with …
October 11, 4:30 – 6:00 pm ET Register here! Ray Krone was sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Ray’s conviction was due in part to …
Saturday August 28, 2021 11:30 am – 1:30 pm CDT Register here! This webinar, “Politics and the Death Penalty,” will have 7 elected officials, representing both major parties, speaking about …
Responding to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department reviews its policies and procedures on capital punishment, Kristina Roth, the Senior Advocate for Criminal Justice Programs at Amnesty International USA, said:
