Press Team

Death Penalty Repeal Advances in Two Key States

Lawmakers in Delaware and Kansas have announced their intentions to move forward with death penalty repeal legislation early in 2016. This is more evidence of national momentum away from capital punishment in the U.S.

21Jan

Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Florida’s Death Statute

Last week, in Hurst v. Florida, the Supreme Court ruled that Florida’s capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional. Timothy Lee Hurst challenged the legality of his death sentence because the Florida statute allowed the judge to overrule the recommendation of a jury and decide whether the facts exist to justify

18Dec

Christmas Memories from Death Row Forty Christmases Later: Spending the Holidays on Death Row

By Ron Keine, Witness to Innocence It is Christmas time on the row. At night I can hear the muffled sounds of a grown man crying in his pillow. His trusty pillow which is his only safe confidant as emotions are seen as weakness in prison and can even get you killed. Everywhere in the […]

18Dec

#NCADP40: Acknowledging 40 Years of Action, a New Year of Strength

For 40 years, NCADP has led on the issue raising public awareness, changing attitudes and moving public policy. Over the years, we have built and supported the network of independent grassroots organizations and volunteers that are currently the backbone of the abolition movement and the struggle to end the death

17Dec

As 2015 Closes, 30 States Effectively Abolish The Death Penalty

With a new report showing that use of the death penalty is down and 30 states have now abolished capital punishment in law or in practice, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Executive Director Diann Rust-Tierney released the following statement

30Oct

Diann Goes to Kansas

Diann Rust-Tierney will be in Kansas with the Kansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Find out where you can catch her.

27Oct

Evangelical Support for Death Penalty Comes to an End After Decades

The National Association of Evangelicals recently issued a new resolution on capital punishment recognizing Christians who work to abolish the death penalty. The new statement is not a call to abolish the death penalty altogether but it flags both social and theological concerns and affirms the growing movement of

30Sep

#NEWS: Governor Fallin Issues 37 Day Stay of Execution for Richard Glossip

Minutes before he was scheduled to be executed, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin granted Richard Glossip a last minute 37 day stay of execution due to new questions regarding Oklahoma’s lethal injection drugs. BuzzFeed reports: “Fallin said the stay was to address legal questions raised today about Oklahoma’s

24Sep

#NEWS: Pope Francis Calls on the U.S. Congress to Abolish the Death Penalty

Earlier today, Pope Franics gave a historic speech to the United States Congress covering a wide range of social justice issues. As part of his address, he specifically called on the U.S. Congress and the world to abolish the death penalty, stating: Let us remember the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you

17Sep

#NEWS: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Two Week Stay of Execution to Richard Glossip

Yesterday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted an emergency two week stay of execution to Richard Glossip in order to consider new evidence submitted by his attorneys that may prove that Glossip is, in fact, innocent. Thousands of supporters including Sister Helen Prejean, actress Susan Sarandon (both