Entries tagged with “Elizabeth Vartkessian”

Mar 20, 2026

12:01 The Death Penalty in Context: Elizabeth Vartkessian on Mitigation and ​“The Deserving”

In the March 2026 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Elizabeth Vartkessian (pic­tured), the exec­u­tive direc­tor of Advancing Real Change (ARC), a nation­al non-prof­it that works to pro­vide mit­i­ga­tion inves­ti­ga­tion ser­vices and train­ing that ensure the full life his­to­ries of indi­vid­u­als fac­ing extreme sen­tences are pre­sent­ed to judges and juries. Ms. Vartkessian is a mit­i­ga­tion spe­cial­ist who has spent…

Mar 20, 2026

Elizabeth Vartkessian on Mitigation and ​“The Deserving”

In the March 2026 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Elizabeth Vartkessian (pic­tured), the exec­u­tive direc­tor of Advancing Real Change (ARC), a nation­al non-prof­it that works to pro­vide mit­i­ga­tion inves­ti­ga­tion ser­vices and train­ing that ensure the full life his­to­ries of indi­vid­u­als fac­ing extreme sen­tences are pre­sent­ed to judges and juries. Ms. Vartkessian is a mit­i­ga­tion spe­cial­ist who has spent…