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

The new school year has arrived and students, teachers, and professors have more reason than ever to discuss the death penalty in the...

NADP made a powerful case for repeal April 20 when evangelical leader Shane Claiborne and death row exoneree Curtis McCarty spoke to a...

Guest View by Dr. Michael L. Radelet, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder The ways that Americans debate the death...

by Richard C. Dieter, Director of Death Penalty Information Center The death penalty in California survived by a narrow vote on November...

With the election fast approaching, the state of California will vote on proposition 34, also known as the End the Death Penalty...

Editorial A ballot referendum to be decided Nov. 6 in California makes a case we have made many times on this page, and should resonate...

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 Sarah Craft, Equal Justice USA It’s always nice to know we’re not alone in the fight for justice. Just like NADP, state death penalty...

Moments ago, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation repealing the death penalty, making Connecticut the 17th state in...

So much has happened since our last email in late March. – In our last email, we informed you of the opportunity to join the Action...

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...

As Maryland’s de facto moratorium on executions drags on, and as lawmakers in Annapolis prepare for another set of hearings in the...

Call Illinois Governor Quinn and ask him to sign the bill to end the death penalty Illinois is just one signature away from becoming the...

By: Anne McManis, Lincoln East High School When we started this assignment, my partners and I didn’t think it was going to be any...

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens cast one of the votes that brought the death penalty back in 1976. At the time, he felt...

By Maya Srikrishnan at ABCNEWS.com In 2003, Seattle resident Robert Kerr was abducted from his apartment and found dead 30 miles from his...

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...