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Studies
Apr 01, 2015
Executions around the world declined by 22% last year, according to Amnesty International’s 2014 annual report on death sentences and executions. The report — released on April 1 — indicates that an estimated 607 people were exe…
Law Reviews
Mar 27, 2015
In a new article for the University of Chicago Law Review, Professors Carol S. Steiker (left) of the University of Texas School of Law and Jordan M. Steiker (right) of Harvard Law School examine the racial history of the American death penalty and…
Studies
Mar 18, 2015
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that the most likely outcome for a capital case once a death sentence has been imposed is that the defendant’s conviction or sentence will be reversed on appeal.…
Studies
Mar 17, 2015
Legislators in Ohio are seeking to enact death penalty reforms as the state grapples with problems in the application of capital punishment. Sen. Bill Seitz, a Republican, and Sen. Sandra Williams, a Democrat, are working on four …
Articles
Mar 06, 2015
In an unusual joint editorial on March 5, four national Catholic publications called for an end to the death penalty in the U.S. The editors of America, National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter,
