Additional Issues
- North Carolina Supreme Court Debates Doctors' Roles in Executions
- Senators Leahy and Specter Introduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act
- The Military Commissions Act of 2006: A Short Primer
- Terrorism Trial's Strategies Revealed
- U.S. Plans Death Camp
- September 11, 2001: A Forum of Information and News, Especially Related to Capital Punishment
- Terrorist Attacks Affirm Need for a Paradigm Shift
- U.S. death penalty could prove hurdle to extradition of terror suspects from Britain
- The trial of Bin Laden: What to do if terrorist suspect is taken alive?
- World Court Should Hear Sept. 11 Case
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Arbitrariness
- FROM DPIC: 'The Death Penalty by County' Underscores Geographic Disparities
- Execution Approaching While Key DNA Evidence Remains Untested
- NEW VOICES: Conservative Judge Who Imposed Death Sentences Changes His Mind
- INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: Federal Appeals Court Says Evidence of Mental Retardation Is Too Late
- Connecticut Supreme Court Considers Executions After Death Penalty Repeal
- FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY: A Puerto Rican Jury Again Votes Against Death Penalty
- ARBITRARINESS: Death Penalty Does Not Fall on Worst Offenders
- NEW VOICES: Editorial Signals a Change in Position in Nebraska
- MULTIMEDIA: Bill Moyers Addresses Inequities in the Death Penalty
- MULTIMEDIA: Prof. John Bessler Takes Listeners on an Historical Journey Exploring Arbitrariness in the Death Penalty
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Clemency
- EDITORIALS: Colorado Case Raises Doubts About Entire Death Penalty System
- NEW VOICES: Former Law Enforcement Officials, Judges, Faith Leaders Urge Commutation for Colorado Inmate
- INNOCENCE: Alabama Lawmakers Unanimously Vote to Pardon Scottsboro Boys
- Maryland Takes Crucial Step Towards Death Penalty Repeal
- Ohio Parole Board Recommends Clemency Because of Inadequate Representation
- UPCOMING EXECUTIONS: Mentally Ill Oklahoma Inmate To Die Nov. 6
- Family of Man Executed in Texas Seeks Posthumous Pardon
- UPCOMING EXECUTIONS: Texas Defendant Asks Pardons Board to Look Beyond Single Crime
- Philadelphia Judge Cites Withheld Evidence in Granting New Sentencing Trial to Terrance Williams
- MENTAL ILLNESS: Evangelical Leaders Call for Mercy for Condemned Inmate
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Costs
- NEW VOICES: Oregon Leaders Speak Out About the Death Penalty
- NEW VOICES: Conservative Judge Who Imposed Death Sentences Changes His Mind
- NEW VOICES: Cost and Impact on Victims' Families Among Concerns for Conservative Christians
- LAW REVIEWS: "Oregon's Death Penalty: The Practical Reality"
- NEW VOICES: Questioning the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Against James Holmes
- Death Penalty Costs Diverting Money from Urgent Criminal Justice Needs
- ARBITRARINESS: Officials Discuss Indiana's "Other Lottery"--the Death Penalty
- EDITORIALS: Montana Paper Calls for Repeal
- ARBITRARINESS: Pennsylvania's Costly and Broken Death Penalty System
- NEW RESOURCES: View DPIC's Latest Infographics as a Slide Show
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Deterrence
- NEW VOICES: Former Prosecutor Calls for Clemency in Upcoming Colorado Execution
- STUDIES: FBI Releases 2011 Crime Report Showing Drop in Murder Rates
- EDITORIALS: Evidence Does Not Support Death Penalty As Deterrent
- NEW VOICES: Growing Concerns in Utah About High Cost of the Death Penalty
- OP-ED: "Time to Kill the Death Penalty?"
- MULTIMEDIA: "David R. Dow: Lessons from Death Row Inmates"
- DETERRENCE: Why the Studies Have Failed to Produce Reliable Results
- COMMENTARY: Death Penalty Climate Changing
- NEW VOICES: Jimmy Carter, Former President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Calls for End to Death Penalty
- DETERRENCE: National Research Council Concludes Deterrence Studies Should Not Influence Death Penalty Policy
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Federal Death Penalty
- FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY: A Puerto Rican Jury Again Votes Against Death Penalty
- Supreme Court to Review Protection Against Self-Incrimination in Kansas Death Case
- FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY: Juries in Puerto Rico Continue to Reject Death Penalty
- COSTS: Federal Case Reveals High Costs of Death Penalty Prosecutions
- BOOKS: "Killing McVeigh: The Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure"
- ARBITRARINESS: One U.S. Attorney in Upstate New York Stands Out in Seeking Federal Death Penalty
- NEW VOICES: Rhode Island's Governor Explains His Resistance to Federal Death Penalty Case
- First Federal Death Sentence in Non-Death Penalty State Overturned
- DPIC RESOURCE: The Military Death Penalty
- Expensive Federal Death Penalty Case Ends with Life Without Parole
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Foreign Nationals
- POSSIBLE INNOCENCE: DNA Results Indicate Death Row Inmate May Be Innocent
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: Information About Foreign Citizens on U.S. Death Rows
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: Reprieve Issues New Report on Foreign Nationals on Death Row In U.S.
- INTERNATIONAL: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Calls for Hold on Executions
- CLEMENCY: Daughter in Canada Asks Montana Governor to Spare Her Father's Life
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: Information About Citizens from Other Countries on U.S. Death Rows
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: The Importance of Intervention for Citizens of Other Countries Facing U.S. Death Penalty
- UPCOMING EXECUTION: Florida Case Raises Numerous Legal Concerns
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: Obama Administration and U.N. High Commissioner Seek Relief for Texas Death Row Inmate
- NEW VOICES: Journalist Who Was Arrested Abroad Emphasizes Importance of Consular Access
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Innocence
- Texas Enacts "Michael Morton Act" Intended to Reduce Wrongful Convictions
- NEW VOICES: Oregon Leaders Speak Out About the Death Penalty
- Former Death Row Inmates Are Ambassadors of Change
- POSSIBLE INNOCENCE: DNA Results Indicate Death Row Inmate May Be Innocent
- Execution Approaching While Key DNA Evidence Remains Untested
- EDITORIALS: Miami Herald Calls on Governor to Block Fast-Track Executions
- RECENT LEGISLATION: Texas Legislature Examining Problems of Innocence and Racial Bias
- NEW VOICES: PBS Airing of "The Central Park Five" Underscores Problem of Innocence
- INNOCENCE: Alabama Lawmakers Unanimously Vote to Pardon Scottsboro Boys
- INNOCENCE: Update of National Registry of Exonerations Shows Increased Cooperation from Prosecutors
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International
- LETHAL INJECTION: British Manufacturer Stops Drug Supply to Arkansas for Executions
- INTERNATIONAL: New Report Examines Countries That Have Abandoned Death Penalty
- STUDIES: "The Death Penalty in Japan"
- STUDIES: Amnesty International Reports Continued Movement Away from Capital Punishment
- RESOURCES: "Handbook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases"
- Lethal Injection Developments Around the Country
- RESOURCES: International Reports Look at Human Rights Decisions and Death-Eligible Crimes
- FOREIGN NATIONALS: Information About Foreign Citizens on U.S. Death Rows
- INTERNATIONAL: Roman Colosseum Lit to Mark Connecticut's Abolition of Death Penalty
- INTERNATIONAL: U.N. Death Penalty Resolution Backed by Record Number of Countries
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Juveniles
- NEW VOICES: PBS Airing of "The Central Park Five" Underscores Problem of Innocence
- NEW VOICES: UN Secretary-General Calls for Worldwide End to the Death Penalty
- BOOKS: "Make Me Believe: A Crime Novel Based on Real Events"
- BOOKS: "Anatomy of an Execution"
- Florida Inmate Who Faced Death Penalty at 15 to be Freed 26 Years Later
- NOW PLAYING IN NY: “The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley,” a Play by John Fleming
- Former Death Row Inmate Acquitted at Re-Trial
- Texas Governor Commutes 28 Juvenile Offender Death Sentences
- Supreme Court Bans Execution of Juvenile Offenders
- NEW RESOURCE: Study Examines Mental Status and Childhood Backgrounds of Juveniles on Death Row
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Life Without Parole
- PUBLIC OPINION: Strong Majority of North Carolinians Prefer Life Without Parole Over the Death Penalty
- Maryland Takes Crucial Step Towards Death Penalty Repeal
- SENTENCING: No Death Sentences in North Carolina for the First Time Since 1977
- California Retains Death Penalty by Narrow Margin
- RESOURCES: New Study Examines Effect of Death Penalty on Plea Bargaining
- U.S. MILITARY: Latest Sentence Reversal Follows Trend of Rarely Using Death Penalty
- Use of the Death Penalty in California Declines in Key Counties
- MULTIMEDIA: Interview with Michael Selsor-Served Longest Time Between Conviction and Execution
- NEW VOICES: South Carolina Officials Point to Costs and Uncertainty for Death Penalty's Decline
- CLEMENCY: Georgia Board Commutes Death Sentence of 'Model Prisoner'
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Mental Illness
- NEW VOICES: Questioning the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Against James Holmes
- RESOURCES: "Handbook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases"
- STUDIES: Six-Part Series Explores Mental Illness and the Death Penalty in Texas
- Supreme Court to Review Protection Against Self-Incrimination in Kansas Death Case
- MENTAL ILLNESS: Texas Inmate Gouges Out Eyes, Remains on Death Row
- First Inmate to be Executed in 2013 Asked for Death Penalty; Exhibited Severe Mental Illness
- Supreme Court Allows Death Penalty Review to Proceed Even Without Competent Defendant
- UPCOMING EXECUTIONS: Mentally Ill Oklahoma Inmate To Die Nov. 6
- MENTAL ILLNESS: At 11th Hour, Supreme Court Upholds Stay of Execution for Florida Inmate
- MENTAL ILLNESS: Florida Set to Execute Man Despite Judge's Finding of Paranoid Schizophrenia
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Mental Retardation
- Controversial Texas Case on Mental Retardation Results in Life Sentence
- INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: Federal Appeals Court Says Evidence of Mental Retardation Is Too Late
- EDITORIALS: "With Death Penalty Bans Gaining Steam, What's Next for Texas?"
- Georgia Disabilities Expert Calls for Halt to Execution of Inmate with Mental Retardation
- Sentence of One of Alabama's Longest Serving Death Row Inmates Reduced After 30 Years
- Former Death Row Inmate Imprisoned for 30 Years in Texas With No Conviction
- INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: Texas Stands Alone in Its Unusual Test of Mental Retardation and Exemption from Execution
- Executions Scheduled for July 18 in Texas and Georgia Present Serious Mental Health Issues
- Ohio Governor Grants Clemency Based on Defendant's Mental Capacity
- EDITORIALS: "An Urgent Plea for Mercy"
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Race
- RECENT LEGISLATION: Texas Legislature Examining Problems of Innocence and Racial Bias
- INNOCENCE: Alabama Lawmakers Unanimously Vote to Pardon Scottsboro Boys
- MULTIMEDIA: Bill Moyers Addresses Inequities in the Death Penalty
- RACE: New Study Shows Racial Bias in Seeking the Death Penalty in Harris County
- MULTIMEDIA: Prof. John Bessler Takes Listeners on an Historical Journey Exploring Arbitrariness in the Death Penalty
- MENTAL ILLNESS: Texas Inmate Gouges Out Eyes, Remains on Death Row
- STUDIES: Racial Bias in Houston's Use of Death Penalty
- UPCOMING EXECUTION: Lawyers Request Reprieve Because of Racial Bias in Dallas County
- NEW RESOURCES: View DPIC's Latest Infographics as a Slide Show
- LAW REVIEWS: The Enduring Significance of Studies Showing Racial Bias in the Death Penalty
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Representation
- MULTIMEDIA: New Documentary Explores Landmark Right to Counsel Case
- Prominent Former Prosecutors Fight for Death Row Inmate's Life
- REPRESENTATION: On 50th Anniversary of Gideon, Some on Death Row Poorly Represented
- MULTIMEDIA: Prof. John Bessler Takes Listeners on an Historical Journey Exploring Arbitrariness in the Death Penalty
- BOOKS: The Impact of the Death Penalty on Attorneys for the Condemned
- Drug-Addicted, Suicidal Lawyer Files Improper Appeal, But Death Row Inmate Suffers Consequences
- Ohio Parole Board Recommends Clemency Because of Inadequate Representation
- EDITORIALS: Preserving Independent Funding for Death Penalty Representation
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Case on Representation for Death Row Appeals
- Tennessee Judge Overturns Capital Conviction Because of Undiscovered Evidence
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U.S. Military
- U.S. MILITARY: Latest Sentence Reversal Follows Trend of Rarely Using Death Penalty
- STUDIES: Military Death Sentence More Likely for Defendants of Color
- NEW VOICES: A Veteran's Perspective on the Death Penalty
- High Percentage of U.S. Military Death Sentences Overturned
- STUDIES: Significant Racial Disparities Found in Military Death Penalty
- DPIC RESOURCE: The Military Death Penalty
- U.S. Military Death Penalty: Facts and Figures
- NEW VOICES: Veterans and the Death Penalty
- STUDIES: Disparate Administration of the Military Death Penalty
- ARBITRARINESS: U.S. Military Rejects Guilty Plea Offer to Seek Death Penalty and Soldier is Freed
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Victims
- NEW VOICES: Nebraska Senator Changes Course After Hearing from Victims' Families
- NEW VOICES: Questioning the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Against James Holmes
- NEW VOICES: Former Warden, Victim Advocate, and Governor Urge Repeal in Oregon
- NEW VOICES: Father of Slain Corrections Officer Reverses Course on Death Penalty
- EDITORIALS: Montana Paper Calls for Repeal
- BOOKS: "Capital Punishment's Collateral Damage"
- NEW VOICES: Growing Coalition Supports Repeal of New Hampshire Death Penalty
- NEW VOICES: Victims and Relatives Support Life Sentence in Alabama Mass Shooting
- NEW VOICES: A Mother Shares Her Grief and Joins the Call for Mercy
- EDITORIALS: Sacramento Bee Ends Support for Death Penalty
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Women
- BOOKS: "Women Who Kill Men"--An Historical and Social Analysis
- BOOKS: "Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America"
- STUDIES:"Death Penalty for Female Offenders"
- Texas Woman May be Spared Death Penalty Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct
- NEW RESOURCES: DPIC Podcast Addresses Women and the Death Penalty.
- STUDIES: Gender Bias in Death Sentencing
- Two New Federal Death Sentences in Non-Death Penalty State
- NEW RESOURCES: “Death Penalty for Female Offenders”
- Virginia Governor Denies Clemency to Woman with Low IQ
- NEW VOICES: John Grisham Asks-- Why is Teresa Lewis on Death Row?
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