Alameda County Prosecutors Found to Systematically Discriminate against Jurors
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA– Prosecutors in Alameda County were found to have illegally excluded potential jurors in the…
Bipartisan Lawmakers Group Offers New Approach to Repealing Ohio Death Penalty
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle announced Tuesday a…
ANALYSIS: Project 2025 and Consequences on Criminal Justice System
WASHINGTON, DC — The Brennan Center for Justice released an analysis by Brianna Seid last week focusing…
NC Failures Warn against Trump’s Mandatory Death Penalty Trials
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Attorney General last week was instructed by President Trump to seek the…
Death Penalty in 2024: Historic Lows and Rising Concerns
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center has reported the use of the death penalty in…
ACLU Challenges Utah Death Penalty Law on Execution Methods
Salt Lake City – The ACLU along with their state affiliate in Utah filed an amicus brief…
Study Reports Declining Use of Death Penalty in Texas
AUSTIN, TX – There is a declining use of the death penalty in Texas, according to the…
Sunday Commentary: Biden Commuted a Record Number of People – Did He Go Far Enough?
In the aftermath of Joe Biden’s presidency, there will long be questions about Biden’s record on criminal…
Witness to Innocence: The Death Penalty Does Not Make Us Safer
Witness to Innocence responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on the death penalty, and organizations from throughout…
Commentary: Chief Stankewitz Case Latest Example of Broken Death Penalty System
When outgoing President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row,…
Petitioner in Landmark Racial Justice Case in North Carolina Receives Commutation
Raleigh, NC – Among the 15 death sentences commuted includes Hasson Bacote, who brought the lead case…
North Carolina Governor Commutes Sentences of 15 on Death Row to LWOP
Raleigh, NC – On his way out, Governor Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday (December 31), that he…
Former Fed Judges Urge Biden to Commute All Federal Death Sentences
WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-one retired federal judges—appointed by six different Presidents, both Republican and Democrat—from district courts…
Mental Health Claims Fail: Oklahoma to Execute Kevin Underwood This Week
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Death row prisoner Kevin Ray Underwood was denied clemency by the Oklahoma Pardon…
Indiana Schedules 1st Execution in 15 Years, a Severely Mentally Ill ‘Volunteer’
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has announced Indiana’s first execution in 15 years…
Pressure Mounts on Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences
Washington, DC – As time ticks down on the Biden Presidency, there has been a renewed pushed…
Former Prison Official Requests Biden Commute Federal Death Sentences
WASHINGTON, DC – In an opinion article published by Newsweek, Gary Mohr, the former director of Ohio’s…
The Execution of Marcellus Williams: A Case of Justice in Question
MISSOURI — On September 24, 2024, at 6:10 p.m., Marcellus Williams was pronounced dead at a prison…
A Death Penalty Scandal Looms with a Decision Coming From the Alameda Board on a Replacement For Price
Oakland, CA – Once the results of the recall of Alameda DA Pamela Price are certified, the…
Letter, RE: Alameda County District Attorney Appointment
Dear Supervisors, This letter is sent on behalf of the undersigned organizations who work for safe and…
