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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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Powerful New Video to Save Troy Davis
Indie rock group State Radio has joined forces with Amnesty International USA to create a powerful new video about the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. Davis faces…
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Death Penalty Abolition in the States: It Begins
Today, the first important committee hearings on state abolition bills will be held: one in New Mexico (HB285) and one in Nebraska (LB306). Nebraska legislators will also be considering a…
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The Question of Innocence: A "Brooding Omnipresence"
In Texas, Larry Swearingen has been granted permission by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to file another writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court. This…
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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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An Impending Three-Month Spree
[caption id="attachment_747" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Execution witness viewing room (c) Scott Langley "][/caption] Starting tomorrow (Jan. 14), Texas will embark on a three-month spree of executions in which 14 men (one…
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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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Our Top 10 Wins of 2008
Thank you Amnesty International activists for all of your important work this year! Your activism has led to some major advances in human rights in our battles against torture, violence…
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One of These Is Not Like the Other
(A) A white millionaire and (B) an indigent black man … Same state … Both convicted of capital murder … Which one do you think gets the death penalty? If…
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New Jersey: One Year Ago Today
One year ago today, Dec. 17, 2007, New Jersey Gov. John Corzine signed into law the bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. It was the first time in…
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Human Rights Made Whole
Yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly marked Human Rights Day by unanimously adopting the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). This historic step fills in…
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Maryland Commission Calls for Abolition
Today, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment made it official, formally recommending in its Final Report that Maryland repeal the death penalty. The report’s final recommendation concludes: “For all of…