Publications & Testimony
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Apr 11, 2000
Reasonable Doubt and DNA
Washington…
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Transcript of Dr. Pat Robertson’s Speech on the Role of Religion and the Death Penalty at The College of William and Mary
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Read MoreMar 17, 2000
Ex-death row Inmate gets Walking Papers
Joseph N. Green Jr. is the 21st person condemned to die in Florida since 1972 who was ultimately freed from death…
Read MoreJan 10, 2000
The Challenge of Holiness: A Sermon on the Death Penalty
By Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein, Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue Delivered at Riverside Church, January 10,…
Read MoreJan 04, 2000
The High Price of Killing Killers
By S.V. Date: Palm Beach Post Capital BureauPalm Beach Post, A SECTION, Pg. 1AJanuary 4, 2000What price for vengeance on society’s worst…
Read MoreJan 01, 2000
DPIC Summary of “The Federal Death Penalty System: A Statistical Survey”
A Summary of the Report on the Federal Death…
Read MoreDec 31, 1999
International News and Developments: 1999 – 1998
On December 27th, Turkmenistan became the first of the five former Soviet Central Asian republics to abolish the death penalty. The people’s council passed a resolution amending the constitution and removing the death penalty. “Now in our country neither the government nor anyone else has the right to take away human life,” said Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov. (Reuters,…
Read MoreOct 23, 1999
Amnesty International Southern Regional Conference: Orlando, Florida Remarks by Former Florida Chief Justice Gerald Kogan
Speech given by Former Florida Chief Justice Gerald Kogan…
Read MoreOct 12, 1999
Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights — Message to the Press Conference organized by the Death Penalty Information Center for the release of the report, “International Perspectives on the Death Penalty”
Message from Mary Robinson: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Press Conference Organized by the Death Penalty Information CenterNew York City, USATuesday, 12 October…
Read MoreSep 15, 1999
Historic Illinois Hearings Address Innocence and the Death Penalty
Following a series of celebrated releases of innocent defendants from its death row, Illinois’s House of Representatives held hearings to address the state’s system of capital punishment on September 15 & 16, 1999. Among those who testified were Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking; Mike Farrell, actor and human rights activist; Renny Cushing, Director of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation; Bryan Stevenson, Director of Equal Justice Initiative; Professor Lawrence…
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