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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…
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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…
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Troy Davis: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Oral Arguments TODAY
At 1 p.m. today, the federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear oral arguments in the case of Troy Anthony Davis. Davis’ conviction in the killing of a police officer…
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Do Desperate Times Really Call For Desperate Measures?
Recently, lawmakers in Mexico have proposed reinstating the death penalty to deal with rising kidnapping and murder rates. According to the LA Times, lawmakers will hear arguments regarding this amendment…
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Inmate ordered off death row in North Carolina
Clinton Smith, a man sentenced to die in 1998 for the death of his daughter, was ordered off death row last week by state Supreme Court judge John Jolly, Jr. …
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Is it worth the risk, Maryland?
When testifying before state lawmakers in 2007, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley asked “Can the death penalty ever be justified as public policy when it inherently necessitates the occasional taking of…
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Washington Execution Stayed
Two separate courts (a County Superior court and a Federal District court) have issued stays of execution for Darold Stenson, who was scheduled to be put to death by the…
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No Rational Explanation
[caption id="attachment_366" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Washington State flag"][/caption] The death penalty isn’t as popular out West as it is down South. For example, there hasn’t been an execution in Washington since…
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How Will YOU Celebrate Human Rights Day?
Now, the outgoing Bush administration’s plans for celebrating Human Rights Day ’08 can finally be revealed! On December 10, they are going to carry out the first U.S. Military execution…
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"… whether Davis may be executed if he can establish actual innocence …"
[caption id="attachment_264" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Troy Davis rally, Atlanta, Sept. 11, 2008"][/caption] This is one of the questions before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, which is currently considering…