In January, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire, despite arguments that he would experience agony and suffering due to lethal injection...

The death penalty has made national news again, this time due to another botched execution in Arizona. Attorneys for inmate Joseph Wood...

Charles Ogletree Jr., a Harvard Law Professor, recently wrote an opinion piece about the death penalty for the Washington Post. In his...

Last week, a federal judge in California ruled that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional. In Judge Cormac Carney’s opinion, he...

Last Tuesday, Glenn Ford became the 144th innocent person to be exonerated from death row. Ford’s case is yet another example of the...

Cameron Todd Willingham was executed by the state of Texas in 2004 for allegedly murdering his three daughters by setting fire to his...

NADP will participate in a discussion panel on the death penalty next Tuesday evening at 7:00 in the City Campus Union at the University...

You may have heard the recent news that Nebraska will soon begin looking for a new lethal injection protocol in order to maintain the...

On September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis was executed in spite of the significant doubt about...

One year ago today, Troy Davis was executed despite a public outcry and heavy doubt about his guilt. We do well to reflect on Troy Davis...

By: Robert Nelson, Omaha World Herald | Published Friday December 9, 2011 In the past 12 months, Nebraska officials twice have tried to...

The world watched with horror Wednesday night as the highest court in our land granted permission to the State of Georgia to execute a...

By: Paul Hammel /Omaha World Herald | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 LINCOLN — The attorney for condemned murderer Carey Dean Moore wants to...

Problems with lethal injection persist There has been a flurry of activity with regard to the death penalty in Nebraska since the...

By: Mike Nelsen | February 27, 2011 The writer, of Omaha, is a lawyer. He is not involved in the Carey Dean Moore case, but he is...

July 26, 2010 | Lincoln Journal Star Editorial Board We take little comfort in the state’s apparently efficient preparation, in this...

The execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner reads like something out of a wild west novel. On June 18th, Utah held the first execution by firing...

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case requesting DNA tests On Monday, May 24, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Hank...

April 16, 2010 | By Robert Nelson Several weeks ago, I got a call from Win Barber, an official with the Nebraska Department of...

Write a letter to the editor of your local paper Governor Dave Heineman signed off on Nebraska’s proposed lethal injection protocols on...