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Man protesting against the death penalty in fron of the U.S. Justice Dept wearing a red shirt with a black stop sign reading "STOP EXECUTIONS NOW" in white letters.

Jan 2, 2024

Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023

Jul 10, 2023

My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice

An empty jury box with leather and wood chairs.

Apr 14, 2023

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

Apr 21, 2022

Documents Reveal Confusion and Lack of Training in Texas Execution

Protestors holding a banner that reads "Stop the Death Penalty" in front on Georgia's State Capital on a sunny day in 2017. Colorado just won a major feat for anti-death penalty movement with its decision to repeal the death penalty in the state.

Feb 27, 2020

鈥淒o Not Kill in My Name鈥� 鈥� How Colorado Finally Repealed the Death Penalty

Mar 7, 2019

The Rocky Myers Case

Jan 25, 2019

Alabama Is Going to Kill Rocky Myers. He Might Be An Innocent Man.

Dec 21, 2018

The Death Penalty in 2018: A Punishment on the Decline

Apr 27, 2018

Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams鈥� Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence

Jan 29, 2018

My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

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News & Commentary about Innocence and the Death Penalty