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  • Judiciary and Rules Committee, Idaho State Senate: Testimony on H 658 – A Bill Exempting From Disclosure Information Relating to Executions by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Boise, March 9, 2022), via Zoom
  • Revenue Committee, Wyoming State Senate: Testimony on SF 150 – Repealing the Death Penalty by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Cheyenne, March 4, 2021), via Zoom
  • Judiciary Committee, Nebraska Unicameral Legislature: Testimony on LB 238 – A Bill Relating to Witnessing Executions by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Lincoln, March 7, 2019)
  • Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, New Hampshire House of Representatives: Testimony on HB 455 – Changing the penal­ty for cap­i­tal mur­der to life impris­on­ment with­out the pos­si­bil­i­ty for parole by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Concord, February 19, 2019). Exhibits to Mr. Dunham’s tes­ti­mo­ny can be accessed here.
  • Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, Louisiana House of Representatives: Testimony on HB 101 – Eliminating the death penal­ty for offens­es com­mit­ted on or after August 1, 2017 by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Baton Rouge, May 17, 2017). Exhibits to Mr. Dunham’s tes­ti­mo­ny can be accessed here.
  • Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, New Hampshire House of Representatives: Testimony on HB 351 – Making the Killing of a Person Under Age 18 a Capital Offense by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Concord, February 7, 2017)
  • The State of the Death Penalty in the United States (visu­als) by Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center at the Sixth World Congress on the Death Penalty (Oslo, Norway, June 23, 2016)
  • Criminal Justice Committee, Florida Senate: Materials from hear­ing on revi­sions to Florida’s death penal­ty statute in light of Hurst v. Florida fea­tur­ing tes­ti­mo­ny of Robert Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (Tallahassee, January 27, 2016). Mr. Dunham’s tes­ti­mo­ny begins at the 11:30 mark of the video of the Senate Committee Meeting. Read Mr. Dunham’s tes­ti­mo­ny here.
  • Testimony of Robert Brett Dunham, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center before the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee in con­nec­tion with Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty mora­to­ri­um (Harrisburg, June 11, 2015)
  • Judiciary Committee, Colorado Senate: Testimony on SB 64 — Non-unan­i­­mous Juries in Capital Sentencing by Richard C. Dieter, Senior Program Director, Death Penalty Information Center (February 10, 2016)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Nebraska Judiciary Committee on the Costs of the Death Penalty (Lincoln, March 13, 2013)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Pennsylvania Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission on the costs of the death penal­ty and its lack of return on the costs of the death penal­ty and its lack of return. (Harrisburg, June 7, 2010)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Commission to Study the Death Penalty in New Hampshire on costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues on costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues. (December 4, 2009)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment regard­ing the costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues regard­ing the costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues (Sept. 5, 2008)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, before the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice regard­ing the costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues regard­ing the costs of the death penal­ty and relat­ed issues (July 7, 2008; tele­phon­ic testimony)
  • Judiciary Committee — Colorado House of Representatives: Testimony of Richard C. Dieter of Richard C. Dieter (February 7, 2007)
  • The Death Penalty in the United States: Strategies for Change by Richard C. Dieter at the World Congress on the Death Penalty by Richard C. Dieter at the World Congress on the Death Penalty (February 1, 2007)
  • Capital Punishment Research Initiative: The Future of Innocence by Richard C. Dieter by Richard C. Dieter (October 6 – 7, 2006)
  • Tipping the Scales: Supreme Court Fails to Recognize Danger of Executing the Innocent by Richard C. Dieter
  • Supplement Letter for the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights’ Hearing on the Death Penalty
  • New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Safety Committee: Testimony of Richard C. Dieter of Richard C. Dieter (Jan. 10, 2006)
  • Speech by Richard C. Dieter giv­en at the International Conference on Human Rights and the Death Penalty giv­en at the International Conference on Human Rights and the Death Penalty (December 6 – 7, 2005)
  • Testimony of DPI Executive Director Richard Dieter before the New York State Assembly Standing Committees on Codes, Judiciary, and Correction on Costs of the Death Penalty and Related Issues (January 25, 2005)
  • Speech by DPIC Executive Director Richard Dieter at the American Correctional Association Annual Conference (August 2003)
  • Testimony of Richard Dieter Before the Legislative Commission Subcommittee to Study the Death Penalty (April 18, 2002)
  • 2002 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Death Penalty by Richard C. Dieter
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Esq. Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center to the Illinois House of Representatives address­ing inno­cence and the death penal­ty (October 17, 2000)
  • Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Esq. Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center to the Illinois House of Representatives address­ing inno­cence and the death penal­ty (September 15, 1999)
  • The US Death Penalty and International Law: US Compliance with the Torture and Race Conventions: DPIC’s pre­sen­ta­tion on the U.S. Death Penalty and International Law at the Ford Foundation (November 12, 1998)

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