Killing Dylann Roof Won’t Make Us or the Death Penalty Any Less Racist
By Jeffery Robinson The impact of race on criminal justice is one of the hottest topics of…
Sunday Commentary: Can We Be Safe without Overcharging Cases?
Recently we reconnected with a mother whose son was sentenced to 35 years to life. It was…
For Some, Prop 62 Does Not Go Far Enough, Ending the Death Penalty Is Not Sufficient
In 2012 Californians narrowly voted down a ballot proposition that would have ended the death penalty and…
Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks
I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was…
Competing Measures for the Death Penalty on Collision Course
A recent survey from the Field Poll and IGA (Improper Governmental Activity) at UC Berkeley found that…
Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty
In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio…
Withheld Evidence by Prosecutors Leads to 30 Years on Death Row
By Anna Arceneaux The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office intentionally withheld critical evidence in 1986 when it prosecuted…
Prosecutors Still Using Race To Choose Juries
By Cassandra Stubbs This week’s 7-1 Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman was a huge victory…
Proposed Lethal Injection Regulations Flawed
By Linda Lye and Ana Zamora On Nov. 6, 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…
No Death Penalty Sought for KetMoRee Defendant, Arraignment Continued
by Tiffany Yeh All six co-defendants (who had been indicted by a grand jury) in the stabbing…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty Reinstated in California
Last week, a three-judge panel overturned a district court’s ruling that delays in California’s death penalty make…
Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?
by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public proposed regulations…
Governor Stays Glossip Execution Pending Review of Drug Protocols
Just over an hour before the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued a…
Oklahoma Appeals Court Will Allow Execution of Glossip to Go Forward
While the attorneys for Richard Glossip plan to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court today,…
New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case
A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard…
Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person
By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week…
Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration
Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U.S. District Judge…
My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead
In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought…
Eye on the Courts: Fixing Our Criminal Justice System
Last week, we reported on research from University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith who, upon examining…
Monday Morning Thoughts: How Mass Incarceration Causes More Crime Than It Prevents
The argument against reforming the system of mass incarceration has been that it may be expensive and…
