The Death Penalty Information Center report reveals a disturbing pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the death penalty system, resulting in individuals sentenced to death multiple times for the same crime, often due to racial bias and other constitutional violations, and costing millions of taxpayer dollars.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Florida Supreme Court has denied the first-filed appeal out of three currently pending…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review Lance Shockley’s death sentence in late March,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Death penalty expert Robert Dunham has shared a new update on the state of…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Adam Luck, the former Chair of Oklahoma’s Board of Pardons and Parole and…
COLUMBIA, SC – With just nine days until his scheduled execution, Brad Sigmon has filed an urgent…
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA– Prosecutors in Alameda County were found to have illegally excluded potential jurors in the…
AUSTIN, TX – There is a declining use of the death penalty in Texas, according to the…
WASHINGTON, DC – The case of the Menendez Brothers calls for the consideration of the role of…
DOVER, DE – Legislation repealing the death penalty was signed into law by Delaware Gov. John Carney…
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released research studies about the length of time…
JEFFERSON CITY,MO — The Missouri Supreme Court last week denied Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s request to prevent…
By Connie Martinez and Enola Gueta WASHINGTON, DC – Many governors in red states are using the…
By Julie McCaffrey NEW ORLEANS, LA — Significantly more mistakes were made during the execution of Black…
By Olivia Biliunas MEMPHIS, TN – A Tennessee man, Jessie Dotson, has been sentenced to death for…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There are those who argue that the death penalty is about…
By Estrella Torres, Vy Tran, Jenna Tooley JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Marcellus Williams, who has been on…
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Researchers at Columbia University said they found “jurors’ perception of…
By Kayla Meraz WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a report from the Death Penalty Information Center, Professor Daniel…
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court last Wednesday granted certiorari in Thornell…