Death Penalty Information Center
7 FOLLOWERS
The Death Penalty Information Center is a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center promotes informed discussion of the death penalty by preparing in-depth reports, conducting briefings for journalists, and serving as a resource to those working on this issue.
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, novelist John Grisham recounts the flawed science that led to the conviction of Robert Roberson (pictured, with his daughter Nikki) and the inadequate legal process that has maintained that conviction ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
In most states, a death sentence may only be imposed by a jury in unanimous agreement. But in two recent cases, defendants faced the possibility of a death sentence despite the objections of ju ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
, a bipartisan group of Ohio state representatives reintroduced a bill that would abolish the death penalty and replace the punishment with life in prison without parole. Legislators in Ohio have debated the use of capital puni ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore filed a request for injunctive relief, asking the Judicial District Court to vacate hearings scheduled for three East Baton Rouge Parish prisoners who have requested cleme ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
, article from The Intercept, four medical supply manufacturers are refusing to sell their equipment for use in lethal injection executions. This limitation may further hamper the ability of states to carry out exe ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
, the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project held its annual Volunteer Recognition for its pro bono representation of death row prisoners, and capital defen ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Corrections issued a joint statement informing the public that the state is now prepared” to carry out lethal injection executions, as ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
episode of Discussions with , Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of , speaks with Dr. Roya Boroumand (pictured), Executive Director of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran. A specialist in Iran’s post ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
Attorneys for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, filed a motion on August to re-open her appeals based on a recent decision from the Tenn ..read more
Death Penalty Information Center
8M ago
Family members of some of the victims of have asked the Biden Administration to abandon current plea negotiations with Guantánamo detainees that would remove the possibility of death sentences for the men accused of planning the ..read more