DPIC Special Reports

DPIC Special Reports

Aug 30, 2019

The thir­teen exe­cu­tions sched­uled in Texas in the last five months of 2019 raise trou­bling ques­tions as to whether the state is exe­cut­ing the most moral­ly cul­pa­ble indi­vid­u­als for the worst of the worst crimes or the most vul­ner­a­ble pris­on­ers and …

DPIC Special Reports

Apr 09, 2019

A record 151 men and women were exon­er­at­ed across the United States in 2018, accord­ing to the National Registry of Exonerations’ 2018 annu­al report on wrong­ful con­vic­tions. The report, Exonerations in 2018, includ­ed 68 exon­er­a­tions result…

DPIC Special Reports

Sep 20, 2018

Ohio had sched­uled 27 exe­cu­tions to take place between July 2017 and September 2020. The first exe­cu­tion took place July 26, 2017. On September 1, 2017, the Governor 

DPIC Special Reports

Feb 19, 2018

Three states sched­uled exe­cu­tions for February 22, 2018. Texas planned to exe­cute Thomas ​“Bart” Whitaker for the mur­ders of his moth­er and broth­er. Alabama planned to exe­cute Doyle Hamm, a 60-year-old man with ter­mi­nal cra­nial and lymphatic…