Testimony and Statements

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

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May 01, 2019

Louisiana Christian Faith Leaders Call for State to Abolish Death Penalty

Christian church leaders from Catholic and Protestant denominations across Louisiana have called upon state lawmakers to pass legislation to end the death penalty in the Bayou State. On April 25, 2019, the Louisiana Interchurch Conference and two …

Testimony and Statements

Mar 13, 2019

Statements from Governors Imposing Moratoria on Executions

Statements from Governors of California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Colorado, and Oregon Halting Executions In the past few years, the governors of California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Colorado, and Oregon have put a halt to executions i…

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 …

Testimony and Statements

Oct 27, 2017

New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal

“The death penalty is dying in the United States, and Republicans are contributing to its demise,” concludes a new report, The Right Way, released on October 25 by the advocacy group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty…

Testimony and Statements

Latest

Louisiana Christian Faith Leaders Call for State to Abolish Death Penalty

Statements from Governors Imposing Moratoria on Executions

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

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

New Report Documents ​“Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal

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

New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal