Commentary: We Should Be Looking at Housing, Not Punishing the Homeless for Being Homeless
It is probably appropriate that as I head off for my brief annual vacation for Thanksgiving, I…
New York Times: It Is Election Season, and Why Is No One Talking about the Death Penalty?
NEW YORK, NY – The New York Times Editorial Board is questioning the necessity of the death…
A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms.
by Richard A. Webster, Verite News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The…
Delaware House Passes Bill Challenging Use of the Death Penalty in State; Measure Moves to Senate
By Enola Gueta DOVER, DE – Nine months following a controversial bill introduced in the Delaware House…
Alabama Man Executed Following Denial of Appeals for Stay of Execution or Preliminary Injunction
By Maeve Haggerty ATMORE, AL – Jamie Mills, a prisoner at the Alabama Correctional Facility, was executed…
ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections in Grants Pass v. Johnson
Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining…
Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Files Lawsuit after New Method of Execution Used on Kenneth Eugene Smith
By Rena Abdusalam ATMORE, AL – David Wilson, an Alabama death-row prisoner, has recently filed a lawsuit…
Experimental Nitrogen Hypoxia Used for First Time in U.S. to Kill Man at State Execution
By Julie McCaffrey ATMORE, AL — Kenneth Smith, 58, who took part in a murder-for-hire scheme in…
Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October
By Yenah Lee NEW ORLEANS, LA – Fifty-six people on Louisiana’s death row have filed clemency petitions…
Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail
By Audrey Sawyer CHICAGO, IL — The Illinois Supreme Court last month upheld the Illinois Pretrial Fairness…
Law Prof Argues Pre-Execution Confinement Should Be Considered Detention, Not Punishment
By Sunny Zhou AUSTIN, TX – In a forthcoming Virginia Law Review paper “Suffering Before Execution,” University…
Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One
By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX – Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row,…
ACLU Files over ‘Abysmal’ Conditions at LA County Jail
By Amy Berberyan and Citlalli Florez LOS ANGELES. CA –An emergency court filing by the American…
Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness
By Alex Jimenez PINAL COUNTY, AZ – The plan to execute Clarence Dixon will move forward after…
Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?
Listening to our keynote speaker this weekend talk about his case in Orange County where very egregious…
Defense Motion Challenges Constitutionality of Marsh Sentencing
by Antoinnette Borbon Daniel Marsh’s defense attorney, Ron Johnson, filed a motion detailing claims of cruel and…
