FROM DPIC
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FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS
FROM JUDGES, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
There were a number of family members of murder victims who appeared before the Commission to share their personal experiences with homicide and the criminal justice system. They expressed their opposition, as victims, to the death penalty. As I l…
Studies
Jan 02, 2020
Families who have a loved one on death row, or who have experienced the execution of a loved one, suffer a variety of adverse mental health effects, including depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to a new repor…
Law Reviews
Dec 30, 2019
At least 99 men and one woman are on death row in eight U.S. states, condemned to death by judges without the prior authorization of a jury, according to a 2019 study by researchers Michael Radelet and Ben Cohen (…
Law Reviews
Nov 12, 2019
At least 166 wrongfully convicted death-row prisoners have been exonerated since the death penalty was reinstituted in the United States in 1973. That number, however, may only scr…
Studies
Sep 18, 2019
Defendants convicted of killing white victims in Georgia are 17 times more likely to be executed than those convicted of murdering black victims, a new study by researchers at the University of Denver has found, …
Books
Aug 13, 2019
Sister Helen Prejean, the acclaimed author of Dead Man Walking, has written a new spiritual memoir, River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey. The book, released August 13, 2019 by Random House publishers, tells the st…
