Two CA Supreme Court justices weigh in on the death penalty
April 12, 2019
Two weeks after Gov. Newsom issued an Executive Order imposing a moratorium, two California Supreme Court justices issued their own critique of the death penalty system,
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SCOTUS hears oral argument on racist jury selection
April 12, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a jury selection bias case last month in which Mississippi death row prisoner Curtis Flowers, an African-American,
SCOTUS to consider anti-gay bias case
April 12, 2019
On Thursday, the Supreme Court considered whether to take the case of a South Dakota death row prisoner who maintains he was sentenced to death
A Letter from Sister Helen Prejean to Governor Gavin Newsom
March 19, 2019
Dear Governor Newsom, Do you have ANY IDEA how refreshing it is to the SOUL to have a politician seek public office, who promises to
SCOTUS rules in favor of Alabama man suffering from dementia
March 8, 2019
If Alabama were to go ahead with its plan to execute 68-year-old Vernon Madison, he wouldn’t know why. Because of several strokes over the past
Racism in the Keith Tharpe case
March 8, 2019
The headlines say it all. “The Stench of Prejudice in Keith Tharpe’s Death Sentence,” in the New York Times. “A juror used the N-word. Did
Two California death row prisoners released
March 8, 2019
In the space of one week last month, two men walked out of prison, each of whom had spent decades on death row. Freddie Lee
CA Gov. Newsom orders additional DNA testing in Cooper case
March 8, 2019
“Yay Gavin Newsom. I’m very thankful to him for having the courage, the guts, to stand up and say before California murders anyone on my
In brief: March 2019
March 8, 2019
In New Hampshire on Thursday, by a veto-proof vote of 279-88, the House repealed the state’s death penalty and replaced it with a sentence of
While we’re on the subject . . .
March 8, 2019
In their paper, ” ‘A World of Steel-Eyed Death’: An Empirical Evaluation of the Failure of the Strickland Standard to Ensure Adequate Counsel to Defendants
Voices: Richard Leo
March 8, 2019
“Everyone has a breaking point. Anyone can be convinced to confess, to lie. And it’s not only that they can but they do it at
Gov. Newsom orders more DNA testing for Kevin Cooper
February 22, 2019
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered additional DNA testing on evidence in the case of Kevin Cooper, who was sent to death row almost 34
Gov. Newsom Orders Innocence Investigation into Kevin Cooper Case
June 9, 2021
Declaring that, “In cases where the government seeks to impose the ultimate punishment of death, I need to be satisfied that all relevant evidence is
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Executive Order for Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case
June 1, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Kate DeLucco 415-243-0143 mary@deathpenalty.org — Sacramento (June 1, 2021) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an independent investigation of
Help us pass the #RJA4All AB256
May 13, 2021
Last year we passed the Racial Justice Act & vowed to come back to make the bill retroactive. We must pass #RJA4All to #ConfrontRacism not only in the future, but for Black & Brown people languishing in jails & prisons right now. Justice delayed is justice denied. #AB256
Help pass the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2021 in the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration
March 2, 2021
We have a real chance to end the policy that enabled the former president to rush the killing of the most prisoners in the shortest
On Demand: 29th Annual Awards Event
February 12, 2021
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Guest Blog. A High-Schooler Against the Death Penalty: What Do I Know? By Ashley Xu
January 22, 2021
A Highschooler Against the Death Penalty: What Do I Know? As teenagers, or “children” under the age of 18, we are often disregarded and our
Biden will halt federal executions, other actions on first day in office
January 19, 2021
Among Biden’s main executive orders, he will order that federal executions be halted. Read Here
The Biden Administration and the Death Penalty
January 22, 2021
President Joseph Biden is the first occupant of the Oval Office in American history to openly and publicly oppose the death penalty and advocate its
Virginia is one step closer to abolition!
January 19, 2021
A House bill seeking abolish the death penalty in Virginia was introduced by lawmakers in the General Assembly. Backed by Governor Northam, the bill was
