Publications & Testimony

Testimony and Statements on the Death Penalty

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For testimony by Executive Director Robert Dunham and former Executive Director Richard C. Dieter, please visit our page DPIC Testimony.


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    Books

    Sep 14, 2022

    BOOKS: Geometrical Justice: The Death Penalty in America”

    The out­come of a cap­i­tal pros­e­cu­tion can be pre­dict­ed based upon the rel­a­tive social sta­tus of the vic­tim, the defen­dant, and the jurors, apply­ing a soci­ol­o­gy con­cept known as the geo­met­ri­cal the­o­ry of law, accord­ing to the authors of a new book, …

    Studies

    Jul 20, 2022

    New DPIC Podcast: The Death Penalty Census

    Data from fifty years of the mod­ern U.S. death penal­ty reveal a sys­tem that is rife with error, filled with dis­crim­i­na­tion, [and] very, very dif­fi­cult to fair­ly admin­is­ter,” Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robert Dunham says …