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Stacy Anderson
Sep 19, 20131 min read
Troy Davis: 2 Years Later
On September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis was executed in spite of the significant doubt about...
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Stacy Anderson
Aug 23, 20131 min read
Resources for Students and Teachers
The new school year has arrived and students, teachers, and professors have more reason than ever to discuss the death penalty in the...
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Stacy Anderson
Jul 10, 20132 min read
Shane Claiborne and Curtis McCarty Speak in Omaha
NADP made a powerful case for repeal April 20 when evangelical leader Shane Claiborne and death row exoneree Curtis McCarty spoke to a...
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Michael Radelet
Nov 24, 20123 min read
The Case Against the Death Penalty
Guest View by Dr. Michael L. Radelet, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder The ways that Americans debate the death...
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Richard Dieter
Nov 12, 20123 min read
The Slow Demise of the Death Penalty
by Richard C. Dieter, Director of Death Penalty Information Center The death penalty in California survived by a narrow vote on November...
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Stacy Anderson
Oct 30, 20121 min read
Help End California's Death Penalty
With the election fast approaching, the state of California will vote on proposition 34, also known as the End the Death Penalty...
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North Platte Telegraph
Oct 28, 20122 min read
The High Cost of Killing People
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...
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Stacy Anderson
Sep 21, 20122 min read
Troy Davis: One Year Later, the Fight Continues
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...
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Stacy Anderson
Jul 31, 20122 min read
Momentum for Abolition grows around the Country
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...
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Stacy Anderson
Apr 25, 20122 min read
Connecticut Governor Signs Repeal into Law
Moments ago, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation repealing the death penalty, making Connecticut the 17th state in...
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Stacy Anderson
Apr 5, 20121 min read
Connecticut, Correction and More Good News
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...
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Robert Nelson
Oct 9, 20114 min read
State Looks Bad over Execution Anesthetic
By: Robert Nelson, Omaha World Herald | Published Friday December 9, 2011 In the past 12 months, Nebraska officials twice have tried to...
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Stacy Anderson
Sep 30, 20113 min read
Will you Help End this Madness?
The world watched with horror Wednesday night as the highest court in our land granted permission to the State of Georgia to execute a...
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The Baltimore Sun
Feb 25, 20115 min read
Death Penalty's Cruel Toll on the Victims
As Maryland’s de facto moratorium on executions drags on, and as lawmakers in Annapolis prepare for another set of hearings in the...
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Jill Francke
Jan 31, 20112 min read
Take Action to Help End the Death Penalty in Illinois
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...
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Anne McManis
Jan 31, 20113 min read
My Research Project on the Death Penalty
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...
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Jill Francke
Nov 30, 20101 min read
Justice Stevens Voices Support for Repealing the Death Penalty
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...
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Maya Srikrishnan
Nov 30, 20101 min read
Could Abolishing the Death Penalty Help Save States Money?
By Maya Srikrishnan at ABCNEWS.com In 2003, Seattle resident Robert Kerr was abducted from his apartment and found dead 30 miles from his...
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Jill Francke
Jun 1, 20102 min read
National Death Penalty Update
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...
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Jill Francke
May 1, 20102 min read
Innocence Must Matter
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...
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