Earlier this summer Prairie Fire, a local Nebraska journal that explores issues of public policy, ran a three-part story about the death...

NADP entered the 2013 legislative session with a calm, cool plan of continuing the long-term dialogue about the death penalty with...

As the Nebraska Legislature continued debate on LB543, a bill introduced by Senator Ernie Chambers bill to replace the death penalty with...

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...

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...

Editorial The case of the crooked crime scene investigator in Douglas County provides another glaring example of why the criminal justice...

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: Miriam Thimm-Kelle | Published Thursday, November 17, 2011 The writer lives in Beatrice, Neb. In 1985, my brother, James Thimm, was...

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: Cindy Lange-Kubick / Lincoln Journal Star | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 DAVID CITY — Norma Fleisher has finished her soft serve at the...

There is still time to contact your Senator! We wanted to remind everyone that the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on LB276, a...

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...

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...

The death penalty has also been a hot topic here in Nebraska this month. Many of you may have heard that our Attorney General, Jon...