Testimony and Statements

American Correctional AssociationAnnual Conference — Nashville, Tennessee

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More than 60 for­eign cit­i­zens rep­re­sent­ing 22 nation­al­i­ties are under sen­tence of death in the United States of America (USA). In vir­tu­al­ly every case, the arrest­ing author­i­ties failed to noti­fy detained for­eign­ers of their right to com­mu­ni­cate with their con­sular rep­re­sen­ta­tives. As a con­se­quence, for­eign nation­als con­front­ed by an unfa­mil­iar legal sys­tem were tried and sen­tenced to death with­out the ben­e­fit of the cru­cial sup­port from the author­i­ties of their native coun­tries. Since 1993, the United States has exe­cut­ed at least 5 for­eign nation­als, includ­ing cit­i­zens of the Dominican Republic,…

By George Kendall, coun­sel for Delma Banks, Jr.

Prof. Baldus Statement 

Testimony ofRichard C. DieterExecutive Director, Death Penalty Information CenterBefore theLegislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Studythe Death Penalty and Related DNA Testing

by Richard C. Dieter

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary Statement of the Honorable William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts

Dr. Wolfe’s let­ter PUBLIC CITIZEN November 2, 2001 Urgent: Immediate Attention

June 7, 2001