Post-Election Roundup
As the dust continues to settle from the November 3rd general election two weeks ago, some new realities are starting to come into focus....
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Alex M. Houchin
Jul 26, 20202 min read
Last Words of Dustin Honken
Dustin Honken was executed by the federal government on the afternoon of Friday, July 17, the third such killing in a long and...
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Alex M. Houchin
Jun 22, 20204 min read
Federal Government to Resume Executions
In a statement released June 15, United States Attorney General William P. Barr announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has begun...
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Alex M. Houchin
Apr 9, 20201 min read
It's Official - Colorado is #22!
Exciting news from our neighbors in Colorado: Governor Jared Polis has signed Senate Bill 100 into law, making Colorado the 22nd state to...
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Alex M. Houchin
Mar 17, 20202 min read
Coronavirus Pandemic Demands a Halt to Executions
As communities around the world brace for the deadly impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, swift and drastic changes to the basic...
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Alex M. Houchin
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite Outcry
On a recent Thursday, Nathaniel Woods took a single bite of a chicken leg quarter, then placed it back on his plate. The rest of the...
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Amy Peters
Nov 25, 20182 min read
What’s Next for NADP
Photo Credit: Thia Hartley NADP is currently in a time of transition, as our Operations Coordinator Matt Maly has moved on to pursue...
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Matt Maly
Oct 24, 20171 min read
New Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty
Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal...
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Steve Griffith
Sep 29, 20151 min read
Could we Execute an Innocent Man in 2015?
Richard Glossip is the Oklahoma death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed September 16th, but received a last minute stay due to...
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Stacy Anderson
Nov 12, 20141 min read
Murder Victim's Parents Tour Nebraska
We are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter,...
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Stacy Anderson
Nov 12, 20142 min read
Victims' Families Meet and Greet
Those who have lost a loved one to murder are invited to this special “Meet & Greet” event and light dinner. Join us for a gathering of...
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Stacy Anderson
Oct 16, 20142 min read
Murder Victims' Parents Tour NE
We are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter,...
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Stacy Anderson
Oct 16, 20141 min read
October Frees Man Once Slated for Execution
On October 8th, Manuel Velez, who once faced execution by the State of Texas, was released from prison in Huntsville. After 9 years, he...
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Ahmad Arraseef
Sep 18, 20141 min read
Two New Death Row Exonerations
Henry McCollum and Leon Brown are now numbers 145 and 146 on the list of innocent people exonerated from death row since 1973, based on...
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Stacy Anderson
Sep 18, 20141 min read
Join the I Am Troy Davis Book Club
I Am Troy Davis Community Book Club On September 21st, 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis was executed in...
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Stacy Anderson
Aug 21, 20141 min read
News from Ohio
In January, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire, despite arguments that he would experience agony and suffering due to lethal injection...
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Stacy Anderson
Aug 21, 20141 min read
Meet Our Annual Event Speaker: Frank Thompson
We are excited to welcome Frank Thompson as the featured speaker at our Annual Reception and Silent Auction November 10th at Creighton...
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Stacy Anderson
Aug 8, 20141 min read
Botched Arizona Execution Most Recent Death Penalty System Failure
The death penalty has made national news again, this time due to another botched execution in Arizona. Attorneys for inmate Joseph Wood...
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Ahmad Arraseef
Jul 29, 20141 min read
Recent Opinion Piece Examines Problems of the Death Penalty
Charles Ogletree Jr., a Harvard Law Professor, recently wrote an opinion piece about the death penalty for the Washington Post. In his...
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Stacy Anderson
Jul 24, 20141 min read
A Broken System
Last week, a federal judge in California ruled that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional. In Judge Cormac Carney’s opinion, he...
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