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title: 'Archive of Earlier Press Releases and Media Advisories (2000 – 2011)'
description: 'Date Type Title Released By 12/15/2011 Press Release DPIC’s Year End Report: Death Sentences Drop Well Below 100; Lowest Number Since Capital…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/archive-of-earlier-press-releases-and-media-advisories-2000-2011'
section: stories
date: '2011-01-01T14:22:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:58:35-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

| Date | Type | Title | Released By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2011 | Press Release | [DPIC’s Year End Report: Death Sentences Drop Well Below 100; Lowest Number Since Capital Punishment was Reinstated in 1976](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2011_Year_End_Press_Release.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/6/2011 | Press Release | [Two Year Assessment of Death Penalty Procedures Prompts Call for Suspension of Executions in Kentucky](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/KYAssessment.doc) | American Bar Association |
| 12/6/2011 | Press Release | [Administration of Justice Troubling in Kentucky; Report Highlights Flaws in System](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/KCADPPressRelease.pdf) | Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty |
| 11/7/2011 | Press Release | [Hank Skinner Asks Governor Perry to Grant Thirty-Day Reprieve of Execution](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/SkinnerPR1107.pdf) | Attorneys for Hank Skinner |
| 10/27/2011 | Press Release | [Current and Former Elected Officials, Former Judges, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Urge State Officials to Test DNA in Skinner Case](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/skinner1027pr.pdf) | Attorneys for Hank Skinner |
| 10/19/2011 | Press Release | [African Americans Illegally Barred From Serving on Juries Sue Alabama Prosecutor Over Racial Discrimination](https://eji.org/news/african-americans-barred-from-juries-sue-alabama-prosecutor-doug-valeska-for-racial-discrimination) | Equal Justice Initiative |
| 10/12/2011 | Press Release | [16 Top National Nonprofits Working in Criminal Justice](http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/blog/2011/10/12/press-release-16-top-national-nonprofits-working-in-criminal-justice-by-127-experts/) | Philanthropedia |
| 9/6/2011 | Press Release | [Hank Skinner Files Motion for DNA Testing Under New Law, Asks Court to Withdraw Nov. 9 Execution Date](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/HSkinnerPR.pdf) | Attorneys for Hank Skinner |
| 9/1/2011 | Press Release | [Texas Set to Execute Man Despite Improper Racist Evidence, Presented by Prosecution at Trial](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Buck_PR.pdf) | Texas Defender Service |
| 8/29/2011 | Press Release | [SAFE CA Announces Initiative to Replace CA Death Penalty](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/SAFE.pdf) | SAFE California |
| 8/26/2011 | Press Release | [Statement Announcing Ballot Initiative to Replace California’s Death Penalty in 2012](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-taxpayers-for-justice-launches-initiative-to-put-death-penalty-on-2012-ballot) | California Taxpayers for Justice |
| 7/14/2011 | Press Advisory | [Shooting survivor sues Gov. Perry over violation of Victims’ Rights, demanding stay of Mark Stroman execution](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/StromanPR.pdf) | Attorneys for Rais Bhuiyan |
| 6/28/2011 | Press Release | [U.S. Supreme Court Urged to Stay Execution for Humberto Leal Garcia Whose Consular Rights Were Violated](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/LealSupCtPR.pdf) See also: [Leal's Petition for Writ of Certiorari](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Cert-Petition-2011-06-27.pdf) | Attorneys for Humberto Leal |
| 6/22/2011 | Press Release | [On 35th Anniversary of Death Penalty's Reinstatement, New Report Shows System Remains Arbitrary and Unfair](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/on-35th-anniversary-of-death-penaltys-reinstatement-new-report-shows-system-remains-arbitrary-and-unfair) | The Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/21/2011 | Press Release | [Sister Helen Prejean Calls for Recall of Drug Unapproved for Use in    Executions](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/prejeanpressrelease.pdf) | Sister Helen Prejean |
| 6/10/2011 | Press Release | [Victims’ Organizations Representing Survivors of Sexual Abuse Join Call for Stay of Execution for Humberto Leal Garcia](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/HLealPR.pdf) | Attorneys for Humberto Leal |
| 6/7/2011 | Press Release | [Former U.S. Diplomats, Retired Military Leaders, Judges, Prosecutors, & Americans Abroad Urge TX Governor to Grant Clemency to Humberto Leal](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/LealPR.pdf) | Attorneys for Humberto Leal |
| 3/30/2011 | Press Release | [U.S. Attorney General Asked to Investigate Potential Violations of Federal Law by Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PRMarch30.pdf); [Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TXHolderLetter.pdf) | Maurie Levin, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Capital Punishment Center |
| 3/25/2011 | Press Release | [House Committee Set to Hear Repeal Bill](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TCADPPR325.pdf) | Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty |
| 3/16/2011 | Press Release | [Statement from Attorney for Cleve Foster in Response to Change in Texas Execution Protocol](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CleveFosterPR.pdf) | Maurie Levin, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Capital Punishment Center |
| 3/9/2011 | Press Release | [Illinois Governor Signs Bill Ending Death Penalty, Marking the Fewest States with Capital Punishment Since 1978](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ILRepealPR.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 3/7/2011 | Press Release | [Supreme Court Rules Texas Inmate Can Use Federal Civil Rights Law to Seek DNA Testing](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/SkinnerPR.pdf) | The Innocence Project |
| 2/24/2011 | Press Release | [Georgia Department of Corrections Violates Federal Law in Desperate Effort to Get Drugs for Executions](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/DEAPressRelease.pdf) | John Bentivoglio of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP |
| 2/7/2011 | Press Release | [Victims, Jurors Urge Clemency for Tim Adams](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TAdamsPR.pdf) | Texas Defender Service |
| 2/2/11 | Press Release | [Lawsuit Filed Against FDA on Lethal Injections](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FDALawsuit.pdf) | Sidney Austin LLP |
| 1/11/11 | Press Release | [Illinois Legislature Votes to Repeal the Death Penalty, Continuing a National Trend Away from Capital Punishment](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ILPressRelease.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/21/10 | Press Release | [DPIC Year End Report 2010: Executions Down 12% Nationwide, 29% in Texas; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/pr2010.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/7/10 | Media Advisory | I[nnocence Project to Present Evidence about Wrongful Executions of Cameron Todd Willingham and Claude Jones in Death Penalty Hearing](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/InnocProjAdvisory.pdf) | The Innocence Project (NY) |
| 11/16/10 | Press Release | [Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; Capital Punishment Ranked Lowest Among Budget Priorities](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-2010-public-opinion-poll) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/4/10 | Media Advisory | [Fighting Crime in the U.S. and Internationally: Is the Death Penalty Necessary?](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/fighting-crime-in-the-u-s-and-internationally-is-the-death-penalty-necessary)    A Unique Conversation Between U.S. and European Law Enforcement - Oct. 13, 2010 National Press Club | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 9/7/10 | Press Release | [New Picture Has Emerged of Woman Facing Imminent Execution in Virginia](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TeresaLewisPR2.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/30/10 | Press Release | [The NC Racial Justice Act and the SBI Audit: The Risk of Executing the Innocent](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Innocencepressrelease.pdf) | Attorneys for Melvin White |
| 7/22/10 | Press Release | [Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That 'Race Matters'](https://www.colorado.edu/today/2010/07/22/study-death-penalty-north-carolina-shows-race-matters) | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 3/11/10 | Media Advisory | [Critical DNA Evidence Untested As Texas Execution Nears](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/SkinnerMediaAdvisory.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 1/18/10 | Press Release | [Death Penalty Costs N.C. Taxpayers $11 million a Year](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/NorthCarolinaDeathPenalty.pdf) | Duke Sanford School of Public Policy |
| 12/18/09 | Press Release | [DPIC's Year End Report: Death Sentences in U.S. Lowest Since Death Penalty Reinstated in 1976](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2009YrEndReportPress.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 11/25/09 | Press Release | [Public Advocate and Louisville Metro Chief Public Defender Call for Moratorium on Executions while ABA Reviews Administration of Death Penalty in KY](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PressReleaseCallforMoratorium112309.pdf) | Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy |
| 11/12/09 | Press Release | [Leading Law Group Withdraws Model Death Penalty Laws](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ModelCodePressRel.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/20/09 | Press Release | [New Report Shows States Can Save Hundreds of Millions by Abolishing the Death Penalty](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CostsPressRel.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/13/09 | Press Release | [Two More Death Row Inmates Exonerated in Illinois and Florida](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/134and135Exonerated.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/15/09 | Press Release | [Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder, According to New Survey of America’s Leading Criminologists](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/DeterrencePressRelease.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/14/09 | Press Release | [Another Inmate Exonerated From Death Row as New Evidence Leads Tennessee to Drop Charges](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/132-inmate-exonerated.doc) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 3/13/09 | Press Release | [New Mexico's Legislature Votes to Abolish Death Penalty - Part of National Trend Away from Capital Punishment](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/NMpressrel.pdf)    [En Español: LEGISLATURA DE NUEVO MEXICO VOTA POR ABOLICION    DE LA PENA DE MUERTE, HACIENDOSE ECO DE    TENDENCIA NACIONAL PARA ELIMINARLA](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/NMpressreleasespanish.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/11/08 | Press Release | [USE OF DEATH PENALTY SHRINKS AND BECOMES MORE MARGINALIZED IN 2008](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2008YrEndPressRelease.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/5/08 | Press Release | [Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Releases Report on Death Penalty Developments in 2008](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/texas-coalition-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-releases-report-on-death-penalty-developments-in-2008) | Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty |
| 11/11/08 | Press Release | [Florida Inmate Facing Imminent Execution Despite Evidence of Witness Tampering by Prosecution](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TompkinsPR.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/27/08 | Press Release | [Exonerated Ex-Death Row Prisoners Call for Examination of Texas Death Penalty System](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/WitnesstoInnocence.pdf) | Witness to Innocence |
| 8/18/08 | Press Release | [Texas Set to Execute Inmate under Texas "Law of Parties" who did not Actually Committ Murder](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/JeffWoodPressRelease.pdf) | Texas Defender Service |
| 8/11/08 | Press Release | [Presidency Declaration on Behalf of the European Union on the Execution of Mr. Jose Medellin in the United States (Texas)](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/EU-Medellin-Press-Release.pdf) | Council of the European Union |
| 6/25/08 | Press Release | [U.S. Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Child Rape Unconstitutional](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/KennedyPressRelease.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/1/08 | Press Release | [First Scheduled Execution Ending National Moratorium Is Based on False Evidence](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/LyndPressRel2.pdf) | Georgia Resource Center |
| 4/16/08 | Press Release | [U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Kentucky’s Lethal Injection Process](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Bazeapril2008PR.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 3/6/08 | Press Release | [Maryland Death Penalty Has Cost State Taxpayers More Than $186 Million](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/AbellFoundation.pdf) | The Abell Foundation |
| 1/08/08 | Press Release | [Kenny Richey Released: Ohio releases Richey weeks after New Jersey repeal for fears of executing innocent](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/OhioPR08.pdf) | Ohioans to Stop Executions |
| 12/10/07 | Press Release | [HISTORIC DEATH PENALTY VOTE REFLECTS GROWING NATIONAL SHIFT AWAY FROM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/NJpressrel.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 11/30/07 | Press Release | [SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN DEATH PENALTY CASE](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Snyderpressrel.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/10/07 | Press Release | [SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HONORS ATTORNEYS PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/SCHRHumanRightsAwardPressRelease.pdf) | Southern Center for Human Rights |
| 6/28/07 | Media Advisory | [Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Columbus Dispatch and Ohio News Network to Receive Journalism Awards](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2007TMJAAdvisory.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/28/07 | Press Release | [Supreme Court Rules Texas Man with Severe Mental Illness May Not be Executed](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/panettidecision.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/28/07 | Press Release | [Supreme Court Says that Texas May Not Execute Severely Mentally Ill Man](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PanettiJusticeProject.pdf) | The Texas Defender's Service |
| 6/9/07 | Press Release | [Death Penalty Facing Crisis of Confidence with American Public, New Poll Finds](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/DPPollPR-DPIC.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 2/26/07 | Press Release | [Panetti v. Quarterman Briefs Filed Today in US Supreme Court](http://www.thejusticeproject.org/press/releases/panetti-briefs.html) | The Justice Project |
| 12/14/06 | Press Release | [USE OF DEATH PENALTY DECLINES IN 2006:](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/2006YearEndPR.pdf) Public Now Favors Life Without Parole, Lethal Injection Challenges Lead to Fewest Executions in a Decade, Death Sentences at 30-Year Low | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/26/06 | Press Release | [Federal Court Poised to Issue Groundbreaking Ruling on Lethal Injection](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/LethalInjPR2.pdf): Serious Problems Found in Methods Used Around the Country | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 9/17/06 | Press Release | [Inconsistency Prevails in Lethal Injection Controversy](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/LethalInjPR.pdf)    Many Inmates Executed While Others Are Spared | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/27/06 | Media Advisory | [DPIC Resources Available](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/GREGGADVISORY.pdf) as    30th Anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia Approaches | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/23/06 | Media Advisory | [Author Michael Meltsner to Join DPIC in Bestowing 10th Annual Thurgood Marshall Journalism Awards](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TMJAAdvisory2006.pdf)    Awards honor excellence in coverage of capital punishment | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 2/27/06 | Press Release | [JOHN BALLARD IS 123rd DEATH ROW INMATE FREED](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/123Exoneration.pdf)    Florida Man Acquitted of All Charges        Attachment: [DPIC's Supplement to the Record of Senate Subcommittee Hearings on the Death Penalty Regarding DPIC's Innocence List](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Dieter-Statement-2-7-06.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/21/05 | Press Release | [2005 MARKS EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF DEATH PENALTY CHANGE](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/reports/year-end/YearEnd05.pdf)[(En Espanol)](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PRYearEnd2005Esp.pdf) DPIC’s Year End Report Reveals Record Low Death Sentences, Legislative Action, and Supreme Court Restrictions | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 11/16/05 | Press Release | [Harold Wilson is the 122nd Death Row Inmate Freed](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/122Exoneration.pdf)    After 16 Years, Pennsylvania Man Acquitted of All Charges | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 11/9/05 | Press Release | [U.S. Death Penalty Continues Steady Decline as 1000th Execution Approaches](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/DPIC1000thPR.pdf)    Public Opinion, Executions, Death Sentences Drop as Public Skepticism Rises | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/27/05 | Press Release | [New Report Examines Death Penalty Through Jurors' Experience](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/BlindJusticePR.pdf)    "Blind Justice Details How Death Penalty Fails Jurors" | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/15/05 | Press Release | [Two Cases Added to DPIC’s Innocence List, Bringing Total to 121](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/121Innocence.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 4/25/05 | Press Release | [DEATH SENTENCES CONTINUED TO DECLINE IN 2004](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/death-sentences-continued-to-decline-in-2004)    In 2004, 125 people were sentenced to death the death, the fewest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/15/04 | Press Release | [DPIC ISSUES NEW INNOCENCE REPORT: 116 NOW FREED FROM DEATH ROW IN 25 STATES](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-issues-new-innocence-report-116-now-freed-from-death-row-in-25-states) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/14/04 | Press Release | [DEATH PENALTY NUMBERS IN 2004 CONTINUE DRAMATIC FIVE-YEAR DECLINE](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/death-penalty-numbers-in-2004-continue-dramatic-five-year-decline) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/11/04 | Press Release | [EXPERTS QUESTION "QUICK FIX" TO NEW YORK'S DEATH PENALTY](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/experts-question-quick-fix-to-new-yorks-death-penalty) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/9/04 | Press Release | [RYAN MATTHEWS IS 115TH DEATH ROW INMATE FREED](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/ryan-matthews-is-115th-death-row-inmate-freed) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/24/04 | Press Release | [FULL RIGHT TO A JURY WILL NOT EXTEND TO OLDER CASES](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR20040624-DPIC-Summerlin.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/28/04 | Press Release | [GLARING DEFICIENCIES IN THE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM CONFIRMED AS ANOTHER INMATE IS FREED](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/114thExoneration.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/10/04 | Press Release | [EXECUTION WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS NEARS CRISIS STAGE](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/TorresClemencyFinal.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 2/24/04 | Press Release | [SUPREME COURT SAYS TEXAS DEATH ROW INMATE WHO CAME WITHIN MINUTES OF EXECUTION WAS DENIED RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPIC-20040224-Banks.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 2/18/04 | Press Release | [ALAN GELL, NATION'S 113th DEATH ROW INMATE TO BE EXONERATED, WALKS FREE AS NORTH CAROLINA MORATORIUM DEBATE CONTINUES](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPIC-20040218-Gell.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/29/03 | Press Release | [DPIC 2003 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH ROW POPULATION, EXECUTIONS, DEATH SENTENCES, PUBLIC SUPPORT ALL DECLINE IN 2003](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/YER03-PR.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 9/15/03 | Press Release | [DOUBTS ABOUND IN UPCOMING TENNESSEE EXECUTION](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPIC-Workman2003.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/29/03 | Press Release | [DEATH ROW EXONERATIONS REACH RECORD NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/111-exonerations.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/16/03 | Press Release | [DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF ITS SEVENTH ANNUAL THURGOOD MARSHALL JOURNALISM AWARDS](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/03tmja-pr.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/30/03 | Press Release | [CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON JOINS DC TEENS FOR SUMMIT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/congresswoman-eleanor-holmes-norton-joins-dc-teens-for-summit-on-capital-punishment) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/9/03 | Press Release | [LOUISIANA MAN IS NATION'S 108th DEATH ROW EXONEREE](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPIC108.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 1/24/03 | Press Release | [ANOTHER FLORIDA DEATH ROW INMATE TO BE RELEASED AFTER STATE DROPS ALL CHARGES](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/another-florida-death-row-inmate-to-be-released-after-state-drops-all-charges) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 1/10/03 | Press Release | [ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES, CRITICIZES STATE'S "BROKEN" DEATH PENALTY](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/RyanPardons.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/18/02 | Press Release | [2002 REPORT TRACES YEAR OF CHANGE IN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: DPIC's Year End Report Examines Isolation of Death Penalty Use, Supreme Court Decisions, Reform Efforts](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPICyrend2002.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 10/15/02 | Press Release | [SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN TEXAS DEATH PENALTY CASE ON RACIALLY BIASED JURY SELECTION](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/DPICMillerEl.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/27/02 | Press Release | [AWARD-WINNING DEATH PENALTY CURRICULUM AVAILABLE FOR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/award-winning-death-penalty-curriculum-available-for-upcoming-school-year) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/1/02 | Press Release | [KENTUCKY MAN IS NATION'S 102nd DEATH ROW EXONEREE](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/kentucky-man-is-nations-102nd-death-row-exoneree) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/17/02 | Press Release | [JOURNALISTS HONORED DURING SIXTH ANNUAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARDS](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/02awardpr.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/9/2002 | Press Release | [SENATOR KENNEDY IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR DEATH PENALTY JOURNALISM AWARDS](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPICTMJAadvisory.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 7/1/02 | Press Release | [JUDGE DECLARES FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS QUESTIONS OF INNOCENCE, FAIRNESS PERSIST](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPICRakoff.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/24/02 | Press Release | [SUPREME COURT REQUIRES JURY PARTICIPATION IN DEATH SENTENCES](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPICRing.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 6/20/02 | Press Release | [SUPREME COURT DECLARES EXECUTION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/PR-DPICAtkins.pdf) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/6/02 | Press Release | [PENNSYLVANIA MAN IS 101st EXONERATED DEATH ROW INMATE](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/pennsylvania-man-is-101st-exonerated-death-row-inmate) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 4/15/02 | Press Release | [ILLINOIS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NATION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE DEATH PENALTY REVIEW; RECOMMENDS SWEEPING CHANGES TO PROTECT INNOCENT, ENSURE FAIRNESS](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/illinois-commission-announces-nations-most-comprehensive-death-penalty-review-recommends-sweeping-changes-to-protect-innocent-ensure-fairness) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 4/15/02 | Media Advisory | [ILLINOIS COMMISSION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO RELEASE LANDMARK REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/illinois-commission-on-capital-punishment-to-release-landmark-report-on-the-death-penalty) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 4/9/02 | Press Release | [100th DEATH ROW EXONEREE FREED IN ARIZONA](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/100th-death-row-exoneree-freed-in-arizona) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 1/3/02 | Press Release | [99th DEATH ROW EXONEREE TO BE FREED IN FLORIDA](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/99th-death-row-exoneree-to-be-freed-in-florida) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/12/01 | Press Release | [2001 DEATH PENALTY REPORT FINDS 22% DECLINE IN EXECUTIONS, REFORM INITIATIVES GAINING GROUND](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/2001-death-penalty-report-finds-22-decline-in-executions-reform-initiatives-gaining-ground) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 11/30/01 | Press Release | [SHODDY REPRESENTATION, RACE BIAS NO BAR TO RECORD NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/shoddy-representation-race-bias-no-bar-to-record-number-of-executions-in-north-carolina) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 8/23/01 | Press Release | [NORTH CAROLINA PREPARES TO EXECUTE INMATE REPRESENTED BY ALCOHOLIC ATTORNEY](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/north-carolina-prepares-to-execute-inmate-represented-by-alcoholic-attorney) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 5/11/01 | Press Release | [RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INEPT DEFENSE, AND BASIC UNFAIRNESS MAKE PENDING NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTION CLOSER TO THE NORM](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/racial-discrimination-inept-defense-and-basic-unfairness-make-pending-north-carolina-execution-closer-to-the-norm) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 4/13/01 | Media Advisory | [LANDMARK NORTH CAROLINA STUDY OF RACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY TO BE RELEASED MONDAY](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-press-release-landmark-north-carolina-study-of-race-and-the-death-penalty-to-be-released-monday) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 3/5/01 | Press Release | [CONCERNS ABOUT AMERICA'S DEATH PENALTY POLICY RESONATE AS NATION APPROACHES 700th SCHEDULED EXECUTION SINCE REINSTATEMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-press-release-concerns-about-americas-death-penalty-policy-resonate-as-nation-approaches-700th-scheduled-execution-since-reinstatement) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 1/15/01 | Press Release | [IN RARE MOVE, FULL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WILL REVIEW DEATH ROW INMATE'S "SLEEPING LAWYER" CLAIM](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/press-release-in-rare-move-full-circuit-court-of-appeals-will-review-death-row-inmates-sleeping-lawyer-claim) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/29/00 | Press Release | [TWO MORE DEATH ROW INMATES CLEARED, CAPPING A RECORD TWO-YEAR SPAN](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-press-release-two-more-death-row-inmates-cleared-capping-a-record-two-year-span) | Death Penalty Information Center |
| 12/20/00 | Press Release | [2000 REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY FINDS WATERSHED YEAR OF CHANGE](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/dpic-press-release-2000-review-of-death-penalty-finds-watershed-year-of-change) | Death Penalty Information Center |