A promi­nent busi­ness exec­u­tive and mem­ber of a larg­er coali­tion of over 500 glob­al busi­ness lead­ers is call­ing on California Governor Gavin Newsom to com­mute all death sen­tences in California to life with­out parole. In a July 2025 op-ed, Matthew Stepka, a mem­ber of Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty, calls California’s death penal­ty sys­tem a fail­ure of both jus­tice and fiscal responsibility.

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Funding Shortfall for Criminal Justice Act Could Impact Quality and Availability of Legal Representation for Indigent Defendants, Including Capital Defendants

As of July 3, 2025, the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) pro­gram has run out of funds for the cur­rent fis­cal year, threat­en­ing the qual­i­ty and...

Florida Death Row Prisoners Challenge Governor DeSantis’ Secretive Execution Decisions

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