Entries by Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault

News 

Nov 04, 2025

Veterans in the Spotlight: In Service and in Struggle — The Story of One Veteran on Death Row

*On Veterans Day, the Death Penalty Information Center will release a new report about vet­er­ans and the death penal­ty, explor­ing the last­ing effects of mil­i­tary ser­vice and explain­ing why mil­i­tary expe­ri­ences mat­ter when vet­er­ans inter­act with the legal sys­tem. This arti­cle tells the sto­ry of Navy vet­er­an David Hosier who was sen­tenced to death with­out a jury ever learn­ing about his men­tal health strug­gles, hon­or­able mil­i­tary ser­vice, and childhood…

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Jul 21, 2025

Facts About the Death Penalty — Do All Victims’ Family Members Support the Death Penalty?

> ​“The assump­tion that all vic­tims’ fam­i­lies favor the death penal­ty is so entrenched that fam­i­lies who oppose the death penal­ty some­times expe­ri­ence dis­crim­i­na­tion with­in the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem from pros­e­cu­tors, judges, or court-appoint­ed vic­tims’ advo­cates.” > > Victim advo­ca­cy group, Murder Victims for Human Rights There is a com­mon­ly held belief that use of the death penal­ty is always sup­port­ed by the friends and fam­i­lies who have lost loved ones…

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