DPIC In-Depth Reports

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Nov 20, 2018

During the past sev­en years, states have begun con­duct­ing exe­cu­tions with drugs and drug com­bi­na­tions that have nev­er been tried before. They have done so behind an expand­ing veil of secre­cy laws that shield the exe­cu­tion process from pub­lic sc…

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Nov 10, 2015

In many respects, vet­er­ans in the United States are again receiv­ing the respect and grat­i­tude they deserve for hav­ing risked their lives and served their coun­try. Wounded sol­diers are wel­comed home, and their courage in start­ing a new and difficul…

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Oct 01, 2013

Contrary to the assump­tion that the death penal­ty is wide­ly prac­ticed across the coun­try, it is actu­al­ly the domain of a small per­cent­age of U.S. coun­ties in a hand­ful of states. The bur­dens cre­at­ed by this nar­row but aggres­sive use, how­ev­er, are …

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Jun 22, 2011

The United States Supreme Court approved the re-instate­ment of the death penal­ty 35 years ago on July 2, 1976. Although the death penal­ty had ear­li­er been held uncon­sti­tu­tion­al because of its arbi­trary and unpre­dictable appli­ca­tion, the Court was …

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Oct 20, 2009

Smart on Crime is a new report from the Death Penalty Information Center that explores the prospect of sav­ing states hun­dreds of mil­lions of dol­lars by end­ing the death penal­ty. The report also serves to release a nation­al poll of police chiefs in…