Entries tagged with “American Bar Association”
Sep 25, 2025
Iran Hits 1000 Execution Mark, Highest Total in Three Decades
Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) has reported that at least 1000 people have been executed in Iran between January 1 and September 23, 2025 — a thirty year high. This is the fifth consecutive year that Iran has experienced an increase in executions, with the biggest year-over-year increase (43%) occurring in 2023, in the aftermath of the “Women, Life, Freedom” nationwide protests. Most executions continue to be carried out for offenses that do not meet the international legal threshold…
Sep 16, 2024
NEW RESOURCE: American Bar Association Reports on Capital Punishment and the State of Criminal Justice 2024
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has announced its forthcoming annual report, The State of Criminal Justice 2024, examining the state of the American criminal legal system. The annual publication includes a chapter devoted to significant developments in capital punishment, authored by Ronald J. Tabak, co-chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and a longtime member of the Steering Committee of the ABA’s Death Penalty…
Research
Jul 26, 2023
NEW RESOURCES: Capital Punishment and the State of Criminal Justice 2023
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has announced its forthcoming annual report, The State of Criminal Justice 2023, examining the state of the American criminal legal system. The annual publication includes a chapter devoted to significant developments in capital punishment, authored by Ronald J. Tabak, co-chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and a longtime member of the Steering Committee of the ABA’s Death Penalty…
Research
Aug 10, 2022
NEW RESOURCES: Capital Punishment and the State of Criminal Justice 2022
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has released its annual report, The State of Criminal Justice 2022, examining the state of the American criminal legal system. The annual publication includes a chapter devoted to significant developments in capital punishment, authored by Ronald J. Tabak, co-chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and a longtime member of the Steering Committee of the ABA’s Death Penalty Representation…
Issues
Executions Overview
,Federal Death Penalty
,Aug 10, 2021
NEW RESOURCES: Capital Punishment and the State of Criminal Justice 2021
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has released its annual report, The State of Criminal Justice 2021, examining major issues, trends, and significant changes in America’s criminal justice system. The annual bar publication includes a chapter devoted to significant developments in capital punishment, authored by Ronald J. Tabak, chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and a longtime member of the Steering Committee of…
Research
Aug 12, 2020
New Resources: Capital Punishment and the State of Criminal Justice 2020
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has released The State of Criminal Justice 2020, its annual report on issues, trends, and significant changes in America’s criminal justice system. The ABA book includes a chapter on significant capital punishment developments over the past year, authored by Ronald J. Tabak, chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. Tabak’s analysis highlights the continuing long-term downward trend in…
Issues
Religion
,Oct 17, 2018
ABA Panel Explores History, Morality of Death Penalty
“Has the death penalty evolved into an anachronism?” asked a panel at the August 2, 2018 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. Moderator Ronald Tabak, chair of the ABA Death Penalty Committee, and panelists Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Karen Gottlieb, co-director of the Florida Center for Capital Representation; Meredith Martin Rountree, senior lecturer at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; and Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty…