Publications & Testimony

Testimony and Statements on the Death Penalty

FROM DPIC

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

FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Religious Views: Over 150 Catholic Theologians Call for Repeal of the Death Penalty (September 27, 2011)
Power Over Life and Death - The Power to Save a Life (January 15, 2005)
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice (November 2000)
The Challenge of Holiness: A Sermon on the Death Penalty (January 10, 2000)
General Assembly of the Texas Conference of Churches - Resolution Opposing the Death Penalty (February 24, 1998)
Statement by Catholic Bishops of Texas on Capital Punishment (October 20, 1997)
Catholic Church Expresses Strong Opposition to Capital Punishment in Catechism (September 9, 1997)
Catholic Bishops of Iowa Issue Statement on Death Penalty (February 4, 1998)
To End the Death Penalty: A Report of the National Jewish/Catholic Consultation
Transcript of Dr. Pat Robertson’s Speech on the Role of Religion and the Death Penalty at The College of William and Mary
Collection of Official Catholic Statements on the Death Penalty (1980)

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS

Florida League of Women Voters Calls for Halt to Executions (May 28, 2007)
Victims Organizations Issue Joint Statement for National Victims' Rights Week (April 19, 2007)

FROM JUDGES, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Resolution Supporting Repeal of the Death Penalty, National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (August 11, 2016)
Resolution Supporting Abolition of the Death Penalty, Natl. Assoc. of Black Psychologists (2012)
The Road to Justice and Peace by New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak (February 1, 2009)
Statement On The Federal Death Penalty System by Senator Feingold (June 7, 2001)
Statement on the Need for a Federal Moratorium on the Death Penalty Senator Feingold (October 29, 2000)
Death Penalty: The Torah and Today (August 23, 2000)
Press Release for Senator Russ Feingold’s Introduction of Senate’s First Death Penalty Moratorium Bill (April 20, 2000)
Amnesty International Southern Regional Conference: Orlando, Florida Remarks by Former Florida Chief Justice Gerald Kogan (October 23, 1999)
American Bar Association Resolution on the Death Penalty (February 3, 1997)

Latest

Testimony and Statements

Mar 07, 2019

Judiciary Committee, Nebraska Unicameral Legislature: Testimony on LB 238 – A Bill Relating to Witnessing Executions

Judiciary Committee, Nebraska Unicameral Legislature: Testimony on LB 238 – A Bill Relating to Witnessing Executions by Robert Brett Dunham, Ex…

Testimony and Statements

Feb 19, 2019

Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, New Hampshire House of Representatives: Testimony on HB 455 – Changing the penalty for capital murder to life imprisonment without the possibility for parole

Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, New Hampshire House of Representatives: Testimony on HB 455 – Changing the penalty for …

Articles

Jan 23, 2019

Bill to Abolish Wyoming’s Death Penalty Introduced with Bipartisan Support

A bipartisan coalition of Wyoming legislators has introduced a bill to abolish the state’s death penalty. On January 15, 2019, Cheyenne Republican State Representative Jared Olsen (pictured, left) and Republican

Articles

Jan 14, 2019

With Backing of New Governor, Florida Clemency Board Posthumously Pardons the “Groveland Four”

On January 11, 2019, the Florida Clemency Board unanimously granted posthumous pardons to the “Groveland Four,” four young African-American men falsely accused of raping a…

Studies

Jan 03, 2019

Study: International Data Shows Declining Murder Rates After Abolition of Death Penalty

Nations that abolish the death penalty then tend to see their murder rates decline, according to a December 2018 report by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes human rights and democracy in Iran. The …

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