Press Release for Senator Russ Feingold’s Introduction of Senate’s First Death Penalty Moratorium Bill

Testimony and Statements

April 26, 2000

Link to Web Archive

Testimony and Statements

Jul 03, 2014

INTERNATIONAL: UN Secretary-General Says Death Penalty Is Cruel and Inhumane

INTERNATIONAL: UN Secretary-General Says Death Penalty Is Cruel and Inhumane

Testimony and Statements

Feb 27, 2014

Excerpts from Dissent Regarding Secrecy of Lethal Injection Drugs

Excerpts from Dissent Regarding Secrecy of Lethal Injection Drugs

Testimony and Statements

Dec 10, 2013

Former Gov. Bill Richardson Issues Human Rights Day Statement on International Decline of Death Penalty

Former Gov. Bill Richardson Issues Human Rights Day Statement on International Decline of Death Penalty

Website Guide

An introduction to the navigation system, features, and terminology of DPI's website.

Upcoming Executions

Information about scheduled executions around the country

Innocence

For every 8.2 people executed in the United States in the modern era of the death penalty, one person on death row has been exonerated.

State-By-State

States With and Without the Death Penalty

DPI Fact Sheet

PDF handout with facts about the Death Penalty

More Information

Innocence Database

Execution Database

Death Penalty Census Database

DPIC In-Depth Reports

Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States

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Discussions With DPIC

Life After Death Row with Anthony Graves