News & Commentary about Capital Punishment
The Capital Punishment Project works toward the repeal of the death penalty in the United States through strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and training programs for capital defense teams.
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Jul 3, 2012
North Carolina's Historic Racial Justice Act Gutted
Jun 29, 2012
Forty Years after Furman: Still "Fastened to the Obsolete"
Jun 26, 2012
James Watson, Discoverer of DNA: Patenting Human Genes Is 鈥淟unacy鈥�
Jun 20, 2012
Feds Should Stop Forcing Death Penalty on Rhode Island
Jun 20, 2012
An Innocent Man鈥檚 Tortured Days on Texas鈥檚 Death Row
Jun 14, 2012
Spared From a Death Sentence Based On Falsehoods
Jun 14, 2012
Historic Racial Justice Act Faces Repeal
Jun 4, 2012
States Take Sizeable Steps in 2012 to End Overincarceration