- Supreme Court Preserves Death-Row Prisoners’ Ability to Challenge Execution Methods in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuitsby Death Penalty Information Center on June 27, 2022 at 7:52 pm
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the long-standing practice of using federal civil rights suits to challenge state execution methods. The Court ruled in favor of death-row prisoner Michael Nance, rejecting Georgia’s contention that […]
- Idaho Falls Will Pay $11.7 Million to Exoneree Coerced Into False Confession by Threat of the Death Penaltyby Death Penalty Information Center on June 24, 2022 at 6:50 pm
The city of Idaho Falls, Idaho has agreed to a settlement of $11.7 million with an exoneree who spent 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. Christopher Tapp (pictured, center, with Stacy Tapp and Idaho Innocence Project Director Greg […]
- Tennessee Executions Could Be on Hold for Years Following Independent Investigation, Anticipated Court Challengesby Death Penalty Information Center on June 23, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Tennessee executions could be on hold for years, as the state conducts an independent investigation into widespread non-compliance with its execution protocol and litigates the constitutionality of revisions expected to be made to its execution procedures. […]
- On 20th Anniversary of Atkins v. Virginia, Supreme Court Denies Petition to Review Procedural Loophole Permitting Execution of Intellectually Disabled Prisonersby Death Penalty Information Center on June 22, 2022 at 11:22 pm
On the twentieth anniversary of its landmark decision in Atkins v. Virginia prohibiting the use of the death penalty against individuals with intellectual disability, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a Florida case that creates a procedural loophole that […]
- TCADP June 2022 Newsletter: Exciting virtual events this monthby Kristin on June 1, 2022 at 2:09 pm
In this edition Scheduled executions: Texas Attorney General’s Office opposes date withdrawal for John Ramirez; Harris County judge declines to set an execution date for Arthur Brown In case you missed it: U.S. Supreme Court guts federal […]
- TCADP May 2022 Newsletter: Ending the “cycle of futility”by Kristin on May 3, 2022 at 2:51 pm
In this edition Scheduled executions: State of Texas carries out its first execution in more than six months; Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants a stay to Melissa Lucio In case you missed it: Nueces County District Attorney calls the death penalty […]
- State of Texas Executes Carl Buntionby Hanna Seay on April 21, 2022 at 2:27 pm
UPDATE: Tonight the State of Texas put to death Carl Wayne Buntion, the first execution in the state in over six months. At age 78, Buntion is the oldest person executed by the State of Texas. We are grateful to his attorneys, who fought valiantly to stop his […]
- TCADP April 2022 Newsletter: The spectacle of two unjust executionsby Kristin on April 5, 2022 at 3:54 pm
In this edition Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute a 78-year-old man and a wrongfully convicted woman this month In case you missed it: Texas court overturns conviction and death sentence of Joseph Colone; Tarrant County prosecutors remove death […]
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WCADP Uniting all those committed to the universal abolition of the death penalty
- Plans to carry out arbitrary executions in Myanmar must halt immediatelyby Hedia Zaalouni on June 23, 2022 at 1:51 pm
The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned at the recent announcement by the military authorities of Myanmar that the death sentences imposed on four people after grossly unfair proceedings have been approved for implementation. We urge the military […]
- Death Penalty in Iran: Sharp Increase in Executionsby Hedia Zaalouni on June 10, 2022 at 3:34 pm
An alarming situation On 28 April 2022, Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) released their 14th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, revealing an increase in the number of executions in 2021. At least 333 […]
- Burundi: Promising advocacy workshop for the ratification of the abolitionist treatyby Hedia Zaalouni on June 10, 2022 at 9:21 am
On April 25, 2022, the Burundian Prison Observatory (BPO) organized a one-day advocacy workshop on the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (OP2-ICCPR) with the support of the World Coalition […]
- Public opinion supportive of the abolitionby Hedia Zaalouni on June 10, 2022 at 9:10 am
The 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the ODC took place in Vienna from the 16th to the 20th of May 2022. At this occasion, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations organized a side-event: “Abolishing the Death […]
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- Race and the Death Penalty: “Just a Bunch of Racists”?by James Clark on November 4, 2016 at 4:29 pm
At a recent public debate of California’s competing ballot initiatives on the death penalty, Paul Pfingst, a former district attorney for San Diego County and a supporter of Prop 66, spoke about the role race plays in the death penalty. … Please […]
- Troy Davis: 5 Years Onby James Clark on September 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Troy was on death row for over two decades before he was finally executed. In that time he became a leader himself in the movement to end the death penalty, with his steadfast spirit and unshakeable faith in justice inspiring activists around the world.
- Troy Davis’s Legacyby Guest Writer on September 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm
By Savannah Fox, Field Organizer Five years ago today, on September 21st, I became an activist. I didn’t sign my first petition or attended my first rally. I found my passion, my anger and my hope as an activist, all … Please continue reading.
- Jeffrey Wood is Scheduled for Execution on August 24th, but he Didn’t Commit Murderby James Clark on August 17, 2016 at 9:41 pm
As death sentences and executions dwindle around the country and most states are abandoning the death penalty, a few states are determined to keep executions rolling. Top of the list is Texas, the state that’s now gearing up to execute a man who never […]