Publications & Testimony

Testimony and Statements on the Death Penalty

FROM DPIC

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

FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 

FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS

FROM JUDGES, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

FROM MURDER VICTIMS’ FAMILY MEMBERS

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Jan 05, 2004

States Slow to Implement ABA Defense Counsel Guidelines

More than a year after the American Bar Association over­whelm­ing­ly passed guide­lines to raise the qual­i­ty of defense coun­sel in death penal­ty cas­es, no state has adopt­ed the stan­dards and the ABA con­tin­ues to voice con­cern that tri­als are pro­ceed­ing under​“a sys­tem that is des­per­ate­ly bro­ken.” Although the ABA does not take a posi­tion on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment oth­er than their oppo­si­tion to exe­cut­ing juve­niles and those with men­tal retar­da­tion, the…

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Dec 31, 2003

The Death Penalty in Puerto Rico

History of the Death Penalty in Puerto Rico — — — — — — — — — — — — — — - Capital pun­ish­ment was used dur­ing the Spanish regime. The first ver­i­fied exe­cu­tions took place in 1514, when four slaves were hanged for upris­ing. The first Inquisition court in the west­ern hemi­sphere was estab­lished in San Juan in 1519. The num­ber of per­sons exe­cut­ed in Puerto Rico is: *(Source: Jalil Sued-Badillo, PhD., La Pena de Muerte en Puerto Rico: Retrospectiva histórica para…

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