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August 22, 2008 - How Do We Avoid Executing the Innocent?
August 21, 2008 - Texecution Stayed
August 10, 2008 - Judge Says Prosecution Drove Up Costs in Atlanta Courthouse Death Penalty Case
August 06, 2008 - Jose Medellin Executed in Texas, No Reprieve from Supreme Court
August 03, 2008 - Victims and the Cycle of Violence
August 02, 2008 - Joe Amrine Speaks Out
July 27, 2008 - Does Race Influence Death Penalty Decisions in CA?
July 24, 2008 - Two Viewpoints Merge in Opposition to Death Penalty
July 22, 2008 - When Is An Execution Decent?
July 19, 2008 - Weekend Viewing From the Onion
July 16, 2008 - Child Rape and the Death Penalty
July 06, 2008 - Options For Reforming (Or Ending) CA's Death Penalty
July 05, 2008 - The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty
July 03, 2008 - UN Investigator Finds Risk of Executing the Innocent in Alabama
June 30, 2008 - Florida 's First Execution Since Botched One Set For Tuesday
June 28, 2008 - A Thoughtful Look at the Death Penalty
June 24, 2008 - Soldiers Facing Death Need Experienced Lawyers
June 22, 2008 - Murder Victim's Family Rejects Death Penalty
June 21, 2008 - S.C. Inmate Executed in Electric Chair
June 20, 2008 - Rethinking the Ohio Death Penalty
June 19, 2008 - Hood Spared Death ... For Now
June 13, 2008 - Death Sentence Tarnished By Conflict of Interest
June 12, 2008 - Texecutions Resume With Huge Last Meal Request
June 11, 2008 - Ohio Judge Orders Switch to Barbiturates for Executions
June 10, 2008 - Changing Times
June 09, 2008 - Va. Gov. Halts Execution, Commutes Death Sentence
June 08, 2008 - When Should We Kill? The Inconsistent Penalty of Death
June 05, 2008 - Prosecutor Wants More Death in Mississippi
May 29, 2008 - "At the Death House Door" Airs Tonight
May 22, 2008 - GA Commutes Death Sentence Three Hours Before Execution
May 15, 2008 - Death Penalty Declining: What's Next?
May 07, 2008 - Georgia Execution: The Death Penalty Resumes
May 03, 2008 - Why Not One Drug for Lethal Injections?
May 02, 2008 - N.C. Death Row Inmate Freed
April 29, 2008 - Study Examines Death Penalty and Race
April 16, 2008 - Supreme Court Affirms Kentucky's Lethal Injection Protocol
April 09, 2008 - OH Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty Case
April 07, 2008 - You Wouldn't Do a Dog This Way
April 05, 2008 - Justice, Missouri Style
April 03, 2008 - VA Imposes Moratorium on Executions, MO Considers One
March 10, 2008 - Why the Feds Fail in NY Death Penalty Cases
February 29, 2008 - Mukasey Refuses Federal Death Penalty Prosecution
February 16, 2008 - Fed. Judge Overturns Wyoming Death Sentence - New Trial Ordered
February 09, 2008 - Nebraska High Court Outlaws Electric Chair
January 24, 2008 - NE Journal of Medecine: Doctors Should Not Participate in Executions
January 21, 2008 - Missouri Executioner Had a Criminal Past
January 17, 2008 - Does Justice Only Mean Death?
January 07, 2008 - Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Baze Lethal Injection Case
December 26, 2007 - Texecutions: Six Out of Every Ten in America
December 20, 2007 - Former S.C. Executioners Sue Prison Officials
December 20, 2007 - Ken Richey to Be Freed After 20 Years on Ohio's Death Row
December 17, 2007 - Interview With a Virginia Executioner
December 17, 2007 - New Jersey Abolishes the Death Penalty
December 13, 2007 - New Jersey to Repeal Death Penalty
December 10, 2007 - N.J. Senate Votes to Abolish the Death Penalty
December 02, 2007 - The Death Penalty Is About Right and Wrong
November 17, 2007 - Dyslexic Execution MD Worked for Feds, Not Just Missouri
November 08, 2007 - Troy Davis Speaks from Death Row
November 01, 2007 - Calif. Judge Tosses New Lethal Injection Plan
October 31, 2007 - Say Hello to "Executed Today"
October 30, 2007 - Supreme Court Stays Mississippi Execution
October 29, 2007 - ABA Calls for Moratorium on Death Penalty
October 24, 2007 - ABA Publishes Death Penalty Issue
October 23, 2007 - NY 's Highest Court Says No Death for Wendy's Killer
October 17, 2007 - Va. Man Seeks Stay of Execution Set for Tonight
October 16, 2007 - Nevada Stays Execution
October 12, 2007 - Florida Court Considers "Shake and Shout" Execution Procedure
October 10, 2007 - 20 Lawyers File Complaint Over Courthouse Closure in Texecution Stay Request
October 08, 2007 - The Death Penalty in NC
October 05, 2007 - Saving Troy Davis From Execution
October 04, 2007 - TX Judge Closes Courthouse, Prevents Death Appeal
October 04, 2007 - Amnesty Int'l Chronicles U.S. Execution Horrors
September 29, 2007 - TX Intends to Continue Executions by Lethal Injection
September 28, 2007 - Executions Stayed
September 25, 2007 - Death Penalty Challenged
September 04, 2007 - Nebraska Sup. Ct. Debates Electric Chair
August 30, 2007 - Kenneth Foster: Texas: Governor Commutes Death Sentence
August 29, 2007 - Three Days, Three Texecutions
August 22, 2007 - Texas Executes 400th Inmate
August 14, 2007 - Justice Department Power to Speed Up State Executions
August 06, 2007 - It's Wrong to Shield the Executioner
July 24, 2007 - Florida Judge Criticizes "Hooded Executioner" Procedure
July 16, 2007 - Troy Davis Gets 90 Day Stay of Execution
July 05, 2007 - Is Georgia About to Execute an Innocent Man?
June 28, 2007 - Executing the Insane: Supreme Court Blocks Texecution
June 27, 2007 - Fired U.S. Attorney Testifies Gonzales Disregarded Death Penalty Advice
June 26, 2007 - Okla. Executes Inmate Dying of Cancer
June 18, 2007 - Tonight: The Death Penalty on Trial
June 02, 2007 - Calif. Extends Moratorium on Executions
June 01, 2007 - Colorado's Wrongful Execution
May 26, 2007 - Execution Takes Two Hours, Ten Tries
May 18, 2007 - Jury Rejects Death Penalty for Man Who Killed Seven
May 16, 2007 - Calif. Proposes New Execution Procedures
May 11, 2007 - Author John Grisham: Stop Executions
May 10, 2007 - Creator of Lethal Injection Procedure Defends His Work
May 09, 2007 - Workman Executed
May 07, 2007 - N.J. Senate to Vote on Abolishing the Death Penalty
May 02, 2007 - Neb. Considers Constitutionality of Electrocution
April 30, 2007 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Texas Death Case
April 25, 2007 - Supreme Court Tosses Three Texas Death Sentences
April 23, 2007 - Study: Lethal Injection in Executions May Cause Death by Chemical Asphyxiation
April 21, 2007 - Schwarzenegger Orders Construction Stop on New Death Chamber
April 19, 2007 - S.D. Jury Rejects Death Penalty for Deaf, Woman Killer
April 14, 2007 - Calif. Builds New Death Chamber, Secretly
April 07, 2007 - State-Sponsored Suicide?
April 06, 2007 - Denver Federal Jury Rejects Death Penalty in Prison Murder
April 03, 2007 - Is Alberto Gonzales Putting Federal Executions on Hold?
March 29, 2007 - Alberto Gonzales and the Death Penalty: Another Reason He Should Resign
March 25, 2007 - Who Gets the Death Penalty?
March 21, 2007 - Justice and Death in Indiana
March 16, 2007 - Maryland Effort to Abolish Death Penalty Defeated
March 15, 2007 - Judge Speaks Out Against Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions
February 10, 2007 - Executions and the Damage Done
February 04, 2007 - How Not to Abolish the Death Penalty
January 18, 2007 - Supreme Court Hears Texas Death Case
January 15, 2007 - Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions Increasing
January 09, 2007 - Atlanta Courthouse Shootings Trial Begins This Week
January 05, 2007 - U.S. Death Sentences Drop to 30 Year Low
January 02, 2007 - NJ Comm'n Recommends End to Death Penalty
January 01, 2007 - On Hanging and Barbarism
December 29, 2006 - Executing the Mentally Ill
December 26, 2006 - Alternative Person of the Year: A Death Row Inmate
December 19, 2006 - More on Lethal Injection
December 19, 2006 - Gov. Schwarzenegger Moves to Save Executions
December 18, 2006 - Special Series: How the Death Penalty Creates More Victims
December 16, 2006 - Botched Execution Likely Caused Slow, Painful Death
December 15, 2006 - California Judge Declares State Executions Unlawful
December 15, 2006 - Florida Halts Executions After Botched One Lasted 34 Minutes
December 15, 2006 - Death Penalties Decrease, Opinions Shift
December 14, 2006 - Florida Execution Lasts 34 Minutes
December 03, 2006 - Panel Explores Death Penalty and Wrongful Convictions
November 24, 2006 - Race, Mental Illness, and the Death Penalty
November 09, 2006 - 24th Texecution Last Night
November 02, 2006 - Jury Didn't Know Defendant's Name, But Death Sentence is Affirmed
November 01, 2006 - China Makes Death Penalty Reforms
October 26, 2006 - Choosing Life Should Mean Ending the Death Penalty
October 23, 2006 - Judge Encourages Catholics to Oppose Death Penalty
October 22, 2006 - WI Voters to Decide on Death Penalty
October 18, 2006 - Jeb's 19th Execution
October 11, 2006 - Death Row Injustices in North Carolina
October 04, 2006 - Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing
September 30, 2006 - Documenting Death
September 28, 2006 - Brothers Discuss Death Penalty
September 13, 2006 - Judge Rejects Missouri Execution Plan
August 27, 2006 - Witness To an Execution: The Soundtrack of Death
August 22, 2006 - Volunteering for Death
August 14, 2006 - Auction for "Right to Life.com"
August 10, 2006 - ABA Passes Death Penalty Resolution
July 22, 2006 - Old Sparky Execution in Virginia
July 15, 2006 - Missouri Executions Hit a Roadblock
July 14, 2006 - PBS Tonight: Should Doctors Take Part in Executions
June 26, 2006 - Missouri Federal Judge Halts State Executions
June 26, 2006 - Alito is Swing Vote in Kansas Death Penalty Law
June 20, 2006 - Tenn. Schedules Five Executions For June 28
June 12, 2006 - Supreme Court Expands Right to Challenge Lethal Injection Procedure
June 09, 2006 - Oklahoma Okays Death Penalty for Child Molesters
June 09, 2006 - The Death Penalty and Wrongful Convictions
May 31, 2006 - Death and the Fifth Circuit
May 16, 2006 - 6th Circuit Splits on Lethal Injection Litigation
May 03, 2006 - Waiting to Die
April 24, 2006 - 'So Long As They Die": Report on Lethal Injection
April 12, 2006 - Judges Balking at Lethal Injection Procedures
March 31, 2006 - Federal Judge Visits San Quentin's Death Row
March 25, 2006 - Reargument Ordered in Death Penalty Case
February 22, 2006 - Do No Harm
February 21, 2006 - Morales Will Not Die Tonight
February 21, 2006 - Doctors Refuse to Participate in Calif. Execution
February 17, 2006 - Should Doctors Assist Executions?
February 13, 2006 - Ken Starr Withdraws Papers in Death Row Clemenc y Case
February 04, 2006 - Mass. Gay Bar Shooter Allegedly Kills Cop in Ark., Arrested, Then Died
February 03, 2006 - Editorial Asks Schwarzenegger to Grant Clemency to Morales
January 31, 2006 - AI Questions Executions of Mentally Ill
January 30, 2006 - GA Politicians Shrug at Death Penalty Concerns
January 28, 2006 - Ken Starr and Sentencing Judge Ask Arnie to Commute Death Sentence
January 25, 2006 - High Court to Hear Death Case Challenging Execution Procedures
January 24, 2006 - Military Changes Execution Rules
January 20, 2006 - Calif. Death Penalty Moratorium Bill Killed
January 16, 2006 - Give Us Your Feeble and Your Weak, We'll Kill Them
January 13, 2006 - Arnold Denies Clemency: 76 Year Old Blind, Sick Man to Be Executed
January 12, 2006 - Executed Inmate's DNA Test Positive
January 12, 2006 - Delaware: Lawyer Capano's Death Sentence Overturned
January 11, 2006 - Death Penalty News Update
January 09, 2006 - N.J. Passes Execution Moratorium
January 06, 2006 - NJ to Suspend Executions
January 05, 2006 - Gov. Warner Orders DNA Test for Executed Man
January 03, 2006 - California's Next Executionee: 76, Blind and Wheelchair-Ridden
January 03, 2006 - Witnessing an Execution
December 30, 2005 - Kyrgyzstan Ends the Death Penalty
December 27, 2005 - Judge Tosses Federal Death Sentence
December 23, 2005 - What's In The Brown Paper Bag? A Story From Death Row
December 22, 2005 - Death Sentences Drop Across the Country
December 20, 2005 - 2,000 in LA View Stanley Tookie Williams
December 15, 2005 - New Jersey Senate Passes Death Penalty Moratorium
December 13, 2005 - Maye and the Blogosphere
December 13, 2005 - R.I.P. : Stanley "Tookie Williams
December 12, 2005 - Countdown to Execution: Stanley 'Tookie' Williams
December 12, 2005 - California High Court Denies Tookie Williams Latest Appeal
December 11, 2005 - Tookie Williams Seeks Court Stay of Execution
December 11, 2005 - Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty
December 10, 2005 - Death Preparations Underway For Tookie at San Quentin
December 09, 2005 - Waiting for Death in Mississippi
December 09, 2005 - Waiting for Governor's Decision on Stanley Tookie Williams
December 09, 2005 - Tookie Williams Decision May be Tomorrow Evening
December 08, 2005 - Gov. Schwarzenegger: Spare Tookie's Life
December 05, 2005 - Nguyen Tuong Van's Father Was American
December 02, 2005 - Support For Death Penalty Declines As 1,000 Have Been Executed
December 01, 2005 - N.C. Gov. Mike Easley to Become Footnote in History
December 01, 2005 - China, Iran, Vietnam....and the U.S.
December 01, 2005 - Schwarzenegger and the Politics of Death
November 30, 2005 - Don't Kill For Me: End the Culture of Death
November 30, 2005 - Tookie Williams Moves Closer to Execution
November 29, 2005 - Lovitt Granted Clemency
November 28, 2005 - New Interview With Tookie Williams
November 26, 2005 - Schwarznegger Considering Clemency for Tookie Williams
November 25, 2005 - 1,000 th U.S. Execution Next Week
November 22, 2005 - Texecution: Was He Innocent?
November 22, 2005 - The Exorbitant Cost of the Death Penalty
November 21, 2005 - Save Stanley 'Tookie' Williams
November 20, 2005 - LA Times Opposes Bill Restricting Habeas
November 13, 2005 - Report: Fewer People on Death Row in 2004
November 09, 2005 - Life in the Death Belt
November 07, 2005 - Alabama Newspaper Decides to Oppose the Death Penalty
October 26, 2005 - Bill Would Permit Repeated Death Trials in Federal Cases
October 24, 2005 - Loving Death
October 17, 2005 - Kilgore Criticizes Opponent For Death Penalty Defense
October 07, 2005 - Clemency Urged for Lovitt
September 22, 2005 - Race and the Death Penalty in CA
September 14, 2005 - Frances Newton: Executed
September 14, 2005 - Poverty Lawyers and NOLA
September 13, 2005 - Frances Newton: Time to Texecution Growing Shorter
September 11, 2005 - Frances Newton's Texecution Remains Set for Friday
August 22, 2005 - The Death Penalty: Perpetuating A Resilient Pestilence
August 22, 2005 - Stevens on the Death Penalty
August 19, 2005 - Habeas Bill: Don't Do It
August 18, 2005 - Death Row and Color in Alabama
August 16, 2005 - A Pardon For Lena Baker
August 09, 2005 - Justice Stevens tells ABA of "serious flaws" in death penalty
August 08, 2005 - Justice Stevens Blasts Capital Punishment
August 06, 2005 - Judges Oppose Streamlined Procedures Act
August 04, 2005 - Bush Sends Commendation Letter to Gang Leader on Death Row
July 20, 2005 - Death Row Inmate OD's on Heroin
July 14, 2005 - Vermont: First Death Verdict in 50 Years
July 11, 2005 - Virginia Execution Tonight - Stayed
July 08, 2005 - Judge: Lethal injection not cruel, unusual
July 06, 2005 - Republicans Try to Speed Up Death Penalty
June 28, 2005 - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Death Penalty Appeal
June 20, 2005 - Vermont Begins Federal Death Penalty Trial
June 17, 2005 - Texas Governor Signs Life Without Parole Bill
June 13, 2005 - Supreme Court Tosses Texas Death Sentence
June 03, 2005 - NC Death Penalty Needs Reform
May 24, 2005 - Texas House Passes Life Without Parole Option
May 12, 2005 - Editorial Calls For Death Penalty Moratorium in Ohio
May 11, 2005 - Death Row Inmates and Terry Schiavo
May 09, 2005 - Connecticut Execution Still Set for Friday
May 09, 2005 - More on the New Ohio Death Penalty Study
May 07, 2005 - Race and the Inconsistent Use of the Death Penalty in Ohio
May 03, 2005 - Feds Lose Death Penalty Case in Puerto Rico
April 28, 2005 - Military Jury Returns Death Verdict
April 25, 2005 - Death Row Sentences Drop to Lowest Level Since 1976
April 22, 2005 - Virgina Sniper's Death Sentence Upheld
April 22, 2005 - Death Sentence Vacated
April 21, 2005 - Leaving Death Row
April 21, 2005 - A Woman's Walk
April 17, 2005 - OKC Victim's Father Becomes Death Penalty Opponent
April 14, 2005 - Texas Senate Approves Life Without Parole Option
April 13, 2005 - New Medical Report: Inmates Likely Conscious After Execution Drugs Administered
April 12, 2005 - Death Penalty Voted Down by New York Assembly
April 10, 2005 - Life Without Parole Option Defeated in Texas
April 09, 2005 - 'Dead Wrong': Opens in Chicago
April 09, 2005 - Upsetting Ms. Malkin: Why Death Row Inmates Should Have Blogs
April 07, 2005 - New Competency Hearing for Serial Killer Michael Ross
April 05, 2005 - Meet Vernon - the First Death Row Blogger
April 05, 2005 - Death Penalty Facts
March 31, 2005 - Ross Victim Opposes Death Penalty
March 28, 2005 - Death Sentence Reversed for Bible Reading Jurors
March 28, 2005 - China's Death Vans
March 22, 2005 - Santorum Questions Death Penalty
March 16, 2005 - Death Penalty Standard Should Be Beyond All Doubt
March 15, 2005 - Exclusion of Jews and Blacks from Calif. Death Juries
March 13, 2005 - Stripping U.S. Foreigners Abroad of Protection
March 10, 2005 - U.S. Withdraws from Vienna Convention Death Penalty Protocol
March 08, 2005 - Bill to Ban New Mexico Death Penalty Inches Forward
March 07, 2005 - Ending Juvenile Death Penalty : Just a First Step
March 07, 2005 - The Execution of Lena Baker
February 28, 2005 - New Mexico House Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
February 26, 2005 - Raising the Burden of Proof in Death Cases
February 24, 2005 - Person Set for March Texecution May Be Innocent
February 18, 2005 - Neb. High Court Spares Dog from Death Sentence
February 18, 2005 - Texas Considers LWOP Option
February 17, 2005 - Texecution Tonight: Innocent But in a Hurry to Die
February 17, 2005 - Illinois Death Penalty Still Flawed
February 15, 2005 - Religious Opposition to the Death Penalty
February 13, 2005 - Study: Public Demand for Executions Fading
February 02, 2005 - Ken Starr For the Defense
February 01, 2005 - Conn. Holds Hearings On Abolishing the Death Penalty
February 01, 2005 - Deadline: The Movie - Still in Demand
January 31, 2005 - Conn. Execution: Ross Seeks Competency Exam
January 29, 2005 - Ross Execution Postponed Until Monday; Judge Threatens Lawyer
January 27, 2005 - Supreme Courts Lifts Stay in Pending Conn. Execution
January 26, 2005 - UK Editorial Compares Us to the Congo
January 25, 2005 - Join Us and Help Fight the New York Death Penalty
January 24, 2005 - CT Execution Stayed
January 20, 2005 - First Hand Account of Beardslee Execution
January 19, 2005 - Donald Beardslee Execution: Warden Calls It 'A Shame'
January 18, 2005 - Schedule of Calif. Death Penalty Protests
January 18, 2005 - Death Penalty Questioned in Indiana
January 18, 2005 - Clock Ticking for Calif. Death Row Inmate
January 08, 2005 - Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
January 07, 2005 - Unconstitutional Death Penalty Leads to Motion to Withdraw Plea
January 04, 2005 - Decision Time on Juvenile Offender Death Penalty
January 02, 2005 - The State of The Death Penalty
January 02, 2005 - One Federal Judge's Legal Quest Against the Death Penalty
December 29, 2004 - Mass. Gov. Tries to Bring Death Penalty to the State
December 28, 2004 - An Innocent on Florida's Death Row
December 28, 2004 - Court Okays Buying Way Out of Death Penalty
December 18, 2004 - Religion and the Death Penalty
December 17, 2004 - Did Justice Dept. Base Death Decision on Race?
December 17, 2004 - Kansas Death Penalty Law Held Unconstitutional
December 15, 2004 - The Cost of Feeling Good About a Death Sentence
December 13, 2004 - Executions Drop 40% in Five Years
December 11, 2004 - Supreme Court to Hear Case of Mexican National on Death Row
December 09, 2004 - Disupted Forensics: Was Innocent Man Texecuted?
December 06, 2004 - Ashcroft's Death Penalty Legacy
December 05, 2004 - Reviewing the Fifth Circuit
December 02, 2004 - 300 Cities Join to Oppose the Death Penalty
December 01, 2004 - Stay Granted for Frances Newton
November 30, 2004 - Frances Newton: Parole Board Votes for Stay of Execution
November 30, 2004 - Soliciting for Death Row Lawyers
November 29, 2004 - ACLU Issues Report on Women's Death Row Conditions
November 22, 2004 - Texecution Alert: Frances Newton May Be Innocent
November 22, 2004 - Executing Charles Walker
November 18, 2004 - High Court Stops Another Texecution
November 15, 2004 - Supreme Court Throws Out Texas Death Sentence
November 14, 2004 - Death Penalty Sentences Drop to Lowest Level in 30 Years
November 11, 2004 - Ohio House Passes Bill for Review of Death Penalty
November 09, 2004 - Texecution No. 21 Tonight - Former Football Star
November 09, 2004 - Supreme Court Justices and Their Death Case Rulings
November 07, 2004 - A New Death Row
October 26, 2004 - Texecution Proceeds Despite Pleas From Victim's Family
October 26, 2004 - Troy Kell, Death Row Prisoner
October 06, 2004 - Texecution Proceeds Despite Houston Lab Problems
October 03, 2004 - Moratorium Needed for Houston Texecutions
October 01, 2004 - Houston Police Chief Calls for Moratorium on Executions
September 28, 2004 - The Death Penalty Debate
September 24, 2004 - A Life Begun on Death Row
September 20, 2004 - Death Row Interviews
September 20, 2004 - Texas Bucks Trend of Fewer Death Sentences
September 15, 2004 - Death Sentences in U.S. on the Decline
September 09, 2004 - Sane Enough to Execute?
August 12, 2004 - Say Hello
August 09, 2004 - Taiwan Opens Prisons to the Public
August 06, 2004 - More on Alabama's Execution of 74 Year Old
August 06, 2004 - Ashcroft Loses Another Death Case
August 05, 2004 - Alabama Executes 74 Year Old Man With Cancer
August 02, 2004 - Clemency Call for Death Row's Oldest Prisoner
July 22, 2004 - More Reasons to End the Juvenile Death Penalty
July 19, 2004 - Supreme Court Asked to End Juvenile Executions
July 15, 2004 - World Congress Against the Death Penalty
July 09, 2004 - Another Four Years?
June 29, 2004 - Supreme Court Stays Execution
June 24, 2004 - Supreme Court Upholds 100 Death Sentences
June 23, 2004 - Protest the Texecutioner
June 21, 2004 - Death Penalty Opponents to Converge on Washington
June 15, 2004 - UPDATED: Maryland Execution Stayed
June 01, 2004 - The Futile Search For a Perfect Death Penalty
June 01, 2004 - Action Alert on N.C. Death Penalty Moratorium
May 24, 2004 - High Court Allows Death Appeal Over Lethal Injection Issue
May 18, 2004 - N.C. Poll: 2/3 Support Death Penalty Moratorium
May 17, 2004 - Harris Pressured to Seek Death For Alleged Cop Killer
May 15, 2004 - Honduras Asks Texas to Commute Death Sentences
May 13, 2004 - UPDATED: Stay of Execution AND CLEMENCY Granted For Torres
May 12, 2004 - Stevens: US Better Off Without Death Penalty
May 07, 2004 - Clemency Recommended for Torres
May 05, 2004 - N.C. Death Penalty Moratorium Gaining Support
May 03, 2004 - Mass. Considering Death Penalty
May 02, 2004 - North Carolina Debates Death Penalty Moratorium
April 28, 2004 - NH Governor Considers Death Penalty Bill
April 28, 2004 - Choose Life: End the Death Penalty
April 23, 2004 - Three Texas Death Sentences Thrown Out
April 22, 2004 - Nun Says Death Row Prisoner At Peace
April 22, 2004 - Action Alert: Texas Set to Execute Retarded Man
April 21, 2004 - U.N. Commission Supports Suspension of Death Penalty
April 14, 2004 - Rosales' Execution Stayed
April 11, 2004 - Vietnam Executes Woman for Drug Dealing
April 08, 2004 - Money Talks in Death Penalty Defense
April 07, 2004 - U.S. Among World's Top Three Executioners
April 04, 2004 - Will Virginia Seek Second Death Sentence for Muhammad?
April 03, 2004 - Kevin Cooper Asks For New Evidence Testing
March 29, 2004 - Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Method of Execution
March 27, 2004 - Ashcroft Loses Another Death Case
March 26, 2004 - A Death Row Prisoner's Last Hours
March 25, 2004 - Revival of Minnesota Death Penalty Unlikely
March 24, 2004 - Desmond Tutu Visits Condemned Inmate
March 16, 2004 - Michigan Considers Death Penalty
March 15, 2004 - Assembly Line Texecutions
March 15, 2004 - You Wouldn't Do a Dog This Way
March 15, 2004 - Max Soffar: Why is He Still on Death Row?
March 15, 2004 - Death Penalty Debate Heats Up in Illinois
March 14, 2004 - Jury to Decide Whether Daryl Atkins is Retarded
March 14, 2004 - Courts Taking Second Look at Lethal Injection
March 11, 2004 - Death Penalty Politics
March 03, 2004 - FBI Missed Chance to Question McVeigh
February 29, 2004 - Picking a Death Qualified Jury
February 29, 2004 - Barbaric Conditions on Ohio's Death Row
February 26, 2004 - Kerry and Edwards Differ on Death Penalty
February 26, 2004 - 900th Execution Delayed
February 25, 2004 - Feds Lose Another Death Verdict
February 24, 2004 - High Court Blocks Delma Banks Execution
February 23, 2004 - Windman Fights the Death Penalty- in Comics
February 21, 2004 - Firing Squads to End in Utah
February 21, 2004 - The Cost of Death
February 21, 2004 - New Jersey Court Prohibits Dealth Penalty
February 19, 2004 - Nevada Leads in Handing Down Death Sentences
February 18, 2004 - Brain Fingerprinting Comes to Forefront of Death Penalty Case
February 17, 2004 - Death-Qualified Jurors Are More Likely to Convict
February 16, 2004 - Kevin Cooper Reports From Death Row
February 15, 2004 - Kevin Cooper's Legal Team
February 11, 2004 - Tennessee Medical Examiner Puts Death Row Convictions At Risk
February 11, 2004 - Juvenile Brains Are Different
February 10, 2004 - Report: Nigerian Death Penalty Applied Unfairly to Women
February 10, 2004 - Supreme Court Upholds Stay on Cooper Execution
February 09, 2004 - 9th Circuit Stays Kevin Cooper Execution
February 07, 2004 - New Information Supports Geographical Unfairness of Death Penalty
February 07, 2004 - Court Denies Cooper's Challenge to Death Penalty
February 04, 2004 - TX. Judge Stays Execution of Mentally Ill Inmate
February 03, 2004 - N.J. Overturns Death Sentence
January 31, 2004 - Schwarzenegger Rejects Clemency for Cooper
January 29, 2004 - Minn. Governor Pushes to Reinstate Death Penalty
January 28, 2004 - Gov. Arnold's First Death Penalty Test
January 28, 2004 - Report: Opposition to Death Penalty is Growing
January 27, 2004 - Juvenile Death Penalty Decision Could Affect 26 in Texas
January 26, 2004 - Clemency Battle in Illinios, Death Battle in Georia
January 26, 2004 - Supreme Court to Revisit Juvenile Death Penalty
January 19, 2004 - Life or Death: Let the Defendant Decide
January 18, 2004 - Sundance Features Death Penalty Film
January 18, 2004 - China Justice System Fairer than Texas?
January 18, 2004 - Ohio's Man Struggle Against Execution Disturbing
January 17, 2004 - Mexico Awaits Hague Ruling on Death Sentences
January 15, 2004 - 'Meals to Die For' Cookbook
January 14, 2004 - John Kerry Supports Federal Moratorium on Death Penalty
January 14, 2004 - Ohio Killer Cries Out Innocence As He is Executed
January 10, 2004 - Turkey Abolishes the Death Penalty
January 08, 2004 - High Court Allows N.C. Execution to Proceed
January 06, 2004 - Arkansas Executes Mentally Ill Man
January 05, 2004 - Death Row Inmate Ponders Life in Memoir
January 03, 2004 - Five Capital Executions
December 30, 2003 - Death Penalty Change of Heart
December 30, 2003 - Death Penalty Trends
December 29, 2003 - Banner Year for Death Row Exonerations
December 28, 2003 - The Year in Death
December 27, 2003 - Federal Judge Blasts Ashcroft Over Death Penalty
December 26, 2003 - Former Gov. Ryan Still a Hero to Many
December 25, 2003 - Malvo: Justice Not Vengeance
December 22, 2003 - Life Wins, Ashcroft Loses
December 22, 2003 - Texas: 'Dr. Death' Retires
December 20, 2003 - Jurors to Deliberate on Death and John Ashcroft
December 20, 2003 - Gov. Arnold to Face First Death Penalty Decision
December 19, 2003 - Juror Imposed Death Sentences Continue to Decline
December 17, 2003 - No More Posting of Inmates' Last Meal Requests
December 15, 2003 - Mexico Challenges U.S. Death Sentences
December 13, 2003 - Mexico Takes U.S. to Court Over Death Sentences
December 08, 2003 - Supreme Court Considers Delma Banks Case
December 05, 2003 - 2003 Newsmaker of the Year
December 05, 2003 - The Politics of Death
December 04, 2003 - 8 Executions Scheduled
December 01, 2003 - Death Row Inmates Without Counsel
December 01, 2003 - Pope Backs Death Penalty Ban
November 28, 2003 - Philippines to Repeal Death Penalty
November 24, 2003 - Richard Gere Challenges Wesley Clark on the Death Penalty
November 23, 2003 - Spaniards Protest Florida Death Sentence
November 22, 2003 - Texas Judge Okays Execution for Mildly Retarded Man
November 21, 2003 - How Jurors Decide on Life or Death
November 19, 2003 - Death Penalty Reform Becomes Law in Illinois
November 14, 2003 - Texas Capital Defense Fails to Meet its own Standards
November 14, 2003 - Broken Justice in Virginia
November 13, 2003 - Turkey Abolishes the Death Penalty
November 10, 2003 - DOJ Publishes Annual Captial Punishment Report
November 09, 2003 - Green River Killer Plea Saves County $16 Million
November 06, 2003 - Ill: Death Penalty Reform Passes Over Governor's Veto
November 05, 2003 - Death Warrants Signed by Jeb Bush
November 05, 2003 - Green River Plea May Undermine Death Penalty
November 05, 2003 - Death Penalty Cannot Be Made Foolproof
October 28, 2003 - Supreme Court Staying Fewer Executions
October 28, 2003 - Supreme Court Staying Fewer Executions
October 23, 2003 - ABA Launches Drive to Reform Death Penalty Representation
October 23, 2003 - ABA Launches Drive to Reform Death Penalty Representation
October 16, 2003 - Virginia and the Death Penalty
October 13, 2003 - Bring Lethal Execution Up to Animal Standards
October 13, 2003 - A Tortured Path to a Retrial
October 06, 2003 - Criticism Mounting Over Execution Drug
October 02, 2003 - Gay Killer's Death Sentence Should Be Stayed
October 01, 2003 - Iran to Ban Death Penalty for Juveniles
September 30, 2003 - Ashcroft Moves Death Trial From NM to AZ
September 29, 2003 - More from MSNBC on the Death Penalty
September 25, 2003 - Executing the Innocent
September 25, 2003 - ACLU Sues for Public Viewing of Entire Execution
September 22, 2003 - Mass. Governor Pushing for State Death Penalty
September 20, 2003 - State's Use of Death Penalty Down,
September 20, 2003 - Decision in Death by Stoning Sentence Due Next Week
September 15, 2003 - Springsteen is a Dedicated Death Penalty Opponent
September 14, 2003 - Saudis Behead Marijuana Smuggler
September 11, 2003 - Hearings Ordered for Ten on Texas Death Row
September 09, 2003 - NC Execution Stayed Due to Injection Drug
September 04, 2003 - Expose of Oklahoma's Death Row
September 04, 2003 - Funky Winkerbean: Death Penalty Comic
September 03, 2003 - 9th Circuit Commutes 100 Death Sentences
August 31, 2003 - Ending the Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders
August 28, 2003 - Death Sentence Vacated in Pennsylvania
August 26, 2003 - Missouri Supreme Court Rules Juvenile Death Penalty is Unconstitutional
August 22, 2003 - Covering Capital Defense
August 19, 2003 - Court Halts Texecution
August 19, 2003 - Jamaica Wants to Bring Back Hangings
August 11, 2003 - Federal Judge Criticizes Death Penalty
August 08, 2003 - The Punishment Is Not in the Dying
August 04, 2003 - How Painful is Lethal Injection?
August 01, 2003 - Small, Country Music Record Label vs. The Death Penalty
August 01, 2003 - Ashcroft Won't Get Chance for Death Penalty in Puerto Rico
July 29, 2003 - Illinois Governor Amends Death Penalty Reform Bill
July 28, 2003 - Indiana Governor Grants Stay of Execution
July 28, 2003 - 111 and Counting: Death Row Inmates Freed to Date
July 25, 2003 - Illinois: No More Doctors Present at Executions
July 24, 2003 - A Father Successfully Pleads for His Son's Life
July 20, 2003 - Death-Qualified Juries
July 18, 2003 - Ashcroft vs. the Puerto Rico Constitution
July 17, 2003 - Illinois Governor Doubts Reforms Alone Can Fix Death Penalty System
July 16, 2003 - Mario Cuomo Opines on the Death Penalty
July 15, 2003 - U.S. Death Sentences Dropping in Number
July 07, 2003 - The Death Penalty Under Attack
July 06, 2003 - Pro-Death Jurors Choosing Life Over Death
July 04, 2003 - Florida and the Death Penalty
June 30, 2003 - Rally at Supreme Court to Protest Death Penalty
June 29, 2003 - Transforming the Justice System
June 26, 2003 - Kucinich Introduces Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty
June 19, 2003 - Texas Clemency Memos
June 17, 2003 - Starvin' For Justice
June 15, 2003 - Paper Says Dean Joins Bush in Support for Death Penalty
June 15, 2003 - Broad Death Penalty Reforms Coming to Illinois
June 15, 2003 - Federal Juries Reject Death Penalty in Most Cases
June 13, 2003 - Ashcroft Special: Feds Lose Death Penalty Case
June 11, 2003 - 16th Texecution Today, Nine More Before August 20
June 10, 2003 - Race to Execution Symposium
June 10, 2003 - Private Texas Clemency Memos Revealed
June 09, 2003 - Death Penalty Case in Puerto Rico Brings Call for Change in Status
June 03, 2003 - Woman Sentenced to Death on Guilty Plea
June 02, 2003 - 7 of 8 Facing June Executions are Black or Latino
May 31, 2003 - Lethal Injection Protocol Under Fire
May 30, 2003 - Illinois Death Penalty Reform Bill Passes Both Houses
May 28, 2003 - Ashcroft May Pull Rank on Death Penalty
May 26, 2003 - Consensus on Death Penalty Reforms
May 23, 2003 - Women and The Death Penalty: Special Report
May 23, 2003 - Death Penalty Reform Comes to Illinois
May 22, 2003 - Utah Readies Back to Back Firing Squad Executions
May 22, 2003 - Jeb Bush Weakens Death Penalty Representation System
May 16, 2003 - Two Inmates Choose Death by Firing Sqaud
May 13, 2003 - Nichols to Be Tried Again
May 08, 2003 - Pen Pal Group Grows for Those on Death Row
May 08, 2003 - 'Syringe Johnny' Ashcroft Coming to Minnesota
May 07, 2003 - Roman Colosseum Lit For George Ryan
May 07, 2003 - Amnesty International Disavows Email Action Alert on Stoning Death
April 28, 2003 - Death Row Doubts
April 24, 2003 - Death Penalty Rumbles
April 23, 2003 - Appeals Court Halts Execution
April 19, 2003 - Summoned to Capital Jury Service
April 16, 2003 - Crucifixion Poster Used to Fight Death Penalty
April 11, 2003 - Amnesty International: New Death Penalty Report
April 03, 2003 - Arizona to Review 27 Death Sentences
March 28, 2003 - Oklahoma Set to Execute Juvenile Offender
March 26, 2003 - Choosing Forgiveness From Opposite Places
March 21, 2003 - Georgia Execution: Larry Moon May Be Innocent
March 20, 2003 - California DA's Death Penalty Report: A Public Relations Document
March 20, 2003 - Ashcroft Backs Off Execution of Retarded Man
March 18, 2003 - The Execution of Louis Jones
March 18, 2003 - Gulf War Vet Executed
March 17, 2003 - Bush Refuses to Stop Gulf Vet's Execution
March 16, 2003 - Brain-Damaged Gulf War Vet Set for Execution
March 15, 2003 - Houston Mayor Seeks Moratorium on Executions
March 14, 2003 - Feingold to Ashcroft on the Death Penalty
March 14, 2003 - Illinois House Panel Passes Death Penalty Reform Bill
March 12, 2003 - Supreme Court Stays Delma Banks Execution
March 12, 2003 - New Gallup Poll on Death Penalty
March 12, 2003 - Delma Banks Execution Reaction
March 10, 2003 - Texas Refuses to Halt Banks Execution
March 10, 2003 - Delma Banks: Execution 300
March 09, 2003 - The Next Texecution
March 07, 2003 - Don't Let Innocence Get in the Way Of a Good Execution
March 07, 2003 - Exonerated Illinois Inmate Speaks In Italy
March 06, 2003 - Thank These Chicago Legislators
March 06, 2003 - Ill. House Committee Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
March 05, 2003 - Death Penalty in Animation
March 05, 2003 - Ill. Senate Moves on Death Penalty Reforms
March 05, 2003 - Death Penalty Moratorium Urged in Pennsylvania
March 04, 2003 - Colorado Judge Questions Application of State's New Death Penalty Law
February 23, 2003 - Texas Defies Drift Against Execution
February 21, 2003 - Florida Citizens Go After Jeb Bush
February 20, 2003 - Vicente Fox To Receive Champion of Justice Award
February 20, 2003 - Texas Bill Would Allow Multiple Stays in Capital Cases
February 18, 2003 - Decorated Gulf War Vet on Death Row Seeks Clemency
February 18, 2003 - ABA Passes Capital Defense Guidelines
February 16, 2003 - Executioner Ashcroft
February 16, 2003 - Ret. Appellate Judge Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty
February 13, 2003 - Aschroft's Death Penalty Picks
February 12, 2003 - Opposition to Forced Sanity Ruling
February 12, 2003 - A Stand on Death and Life
February 12, 2003 - Ashcroft's Unwise Intervention
February 10, 2003 - Abolishing the Death Penalty One Case At a Time
February 09, 2003 - Ashcroft's Edict Could Backfire
February 07, 2003 - Texas Snubs World Court on Execution Stays
February 07, 2003 - Ashcroft's Death Penalty Edicts
February 06, 2003 - Did Ryan Overstep His Bounds?
February 06, 2003 - Ashcroft Overides His Prosecutors on Death Penalty Decisions
February 05, 2003 - World Court Orders U.S. to Stay Three Executions
February 04, 2003 - The World vs. Texas
February 04, 2003 - U.S.-Brit Citizen Texecuted
February 04, 2003 - Anti-Death Penalty Bills Begin Moving Through State Legislatures
February 03, 2003 - Jeb Bush Wants To Eliminate Office Supplying Death Row Lawyers
February 03, 2003 - Court Rejects Briton's 11th Hour DNA Appeal
February 03, 2003 - Death Penalty Moratorium Bill Introduced in Kansas
February 01, 2003 - The Torah and the Death Penalty
February 01, 2003 - Ashcroft Overrides His Local Prosecutors on Death Penalty Decisions
January 31, 2003 - Texas Executes Three This Week
January 30, 2003 - Maryland Attorney General Calls for End to Death Penalty
January 23, 2003 - A Death Row lawyer’s search for mercy and redemption
January 23, 2003 - Judge Spares Convicted Killer's Life
January 22, 2003 - Maryland Ends Death Penalty Moratorium
January 22, 2003 - Mexico Asks World Court to Block U.S. Executions
January 21, 2003 - Democratic Contenders' Positions on the Death Penalty
January 21, 2003 - Comparing Illinois' Death Penalty System to That in Other States
January 21, 2003 - Myth: Death Penalty Promotes Healing
January 21, 2003 - Mexico Goes to World Court to Stop U.S. Execution of its Citizens
January 19, 2003 - Death Marches On in Texas
January 18, 2003 - Looking At Wrongful Convictions
January 17, 2003 - Leaving Death Row: A Blessing or A Curse?
January 14, 2003 - China Considering Abolishing Death Penalty
January 14, 2003 - On Ryan and the System that Failed
January 13, 2003 - The Effect of the Clemency Decision
January 13, 2003 - Bush Urged to Follow Illinois Lead on Death Penalty
January 12, 2003 - Is it Fair, Is it the Right Thing to Do?
January 11, 2003 - Text of Governor George Ryan's Clemency Speech
January 11, 2003 - Fox Wire Tonight on Governor Ryan's Death Row Clemency Decision
January 11, 2003 - Reaction to Blanket Clemency in Illinois
January 11, 2003 - Governor George Ryan is a Hero
January 11, 2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan Commutes all Death Row Sentences
January 10, 2003 - Ryan Grants Four Pardons to Death Row Inmates
January 10, 2003 - Deathwork: Defending the Condemned
January 10, 2003 - Mexico Sues U.S. In International Court
January 08, 2003 - Death Row "Volunteers"
January 08, 2003 - Ill. Governor Ryan Plans Big Announcement Friday
January 08, 2003 - Death Penalty Myopia
January 08, 2003 - Feingold to Introduce Anti-Death Penalty Legislation
January 07, 2003 - New Death Penalty Study
January 06, 2003 - Turow on Capital Punishment
January 05, 2003 - Prosecutorial High Jinks Not Amusing
January 05, 2003 - A Jury Divided on Death in Terrorism Trial
January 04, 2003 - Ryan Meets with Families of Death Row Inmates
January 02, 2003 - Mississippi To Execute Juvenile Offender
January 01, 2003 - George Ryan to be Nominated for Nobel Prize
December 30, 2002 - Scholars Support Blanket Clemency
December 16, 2002 - Action Alert on 12/17 Oklahoma Execution
December 16, 2002 - Sharp Decline in Death Row Sentences
December 15, 2002 - Death Penalty Foes Gather in Chicago
December 12, 2002 - Retroactivity of Death Ruling Considered
December 11, 2002 - On the Rakoff Death Penalty Reversal
December 10, 2002 - Second Circuit Overrules Judge on Death Penalty
December 04, 2002 - Report on Texas Death Row Appeals
November 26, 2002 - Rally -- Exploiting the Sniper Tragedy
November 22, 2002 - Death Row Inmate Paul House Gets Another Chance
November 21, 2002 - Call for Blanket Commutation for Illinois Death Row Inmates
November 10, 2002 - Why We Should Oppose Execution of Juveniles
November 09, 2002 - Federal Death Penalty Considerations
November 08, 2002 - New Ill. Gov. To Keep Moratorium on Death Penalty
November 06, 2002 - Virginia Execution May Result in Terror Attacks
November 04, 2002 - Mentally Ill Man Scheduled for Texas Execution
November 01, 2002 - Gov. George Ryan & Death Penalty
October 16, 2002 - Murder Victim's Family Opposes Death Penalty
October 14, 2002 - Death Penalty Debate Stirred as Clemency Process Begins
September 25, 2002 - Death Penalty Should Be Halted
September 23, 2002 - 800th Execution Will Take Place in....Texas
September 08, 2002 - Ill. Gov. May Commute All Death Sentences
August 17, 2002 - The Execution of Wallace Fugate
July 31, 2002 - Death Penalty Opposition in Arizona
July 12, 2002 - Think First, Execute Later
July 11, 2002 - Texas Execution Halted
July 07, 2002 - Will Death Penalty Reform Hurt the Abolition Cause?
July 05, 2002 - Families of Murder Victims Opposed to Capital Punishment
June 23, 2002 - Support for Death Penalty Moratorium
June 21, 2002 - Executing the Mentally Retarded
June 18, 2002 - Death Penalty Reform in Spotlight

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