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Flawed Forensics

By Allison Morrow Recently, the FBI formally admitted its forensics examiners have given flawed testimony in cases over the course of more than two decades. In what has become the country’s largest post-conviction review of questionable forensic techniques, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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10Jun

#NEWS: 154th Person Exonerated from Death Row

Crossposted from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty On Monday, June 9th, 2015, Alfred Dewayne Brown was exonerated from death row in Texas after newly released evidence revealed that Brown was at his girlfriend’s apartment during an armed robbery elsewhere that culminated in the death of

29May

How America’s Death Penalty Ends

Crossposted on the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Austin Sarat, associate dean of the faculty and William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College and the author Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty, has written a great

27May

#NEWS: Nebraska Abolishes the Death Penalty

Crossposted from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty By a vote of 30-19, legislators in Nebraska have successfully ended the death penalty in the state. The vote on LB 268 was held today in order to override Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto and officially pass the bill. Legislators agreed that

27May

Death Penalty for Boston Bomber Doesn’t Deliver Justice

In response a federal jury's decision today to condemn Boston Marathon bombing perpetrator Dzhokar Tsarnaev to death, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, made the following statement

20May

#NEWS: Nebraska Lawmakers Vote to Abolish the Death Penalty

Crossposted from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty By a vote of 32-15, Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval to LB 268, the bill that would abolish the death penalty in the state. The 32 votes are currently enough to override a potential veto from Republican Governor Pete Ricketts if necessary.

15May

#NEWS: Nebraska Legislature Advances Death Penalty Repeal Bill

Crossposted from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Earlier today, by a vote of 30-16, Nebraska lawmakers voted to pass LB268. This is the second vote for the bill that would abolish the death penalty in the state. There is one more round of required voting on the bill before it goes to […]

13May

#NEWS: The Execution of Clayton Lockett

Crossposted from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Today, The Atlantic published an incredible front-page article on the April 29, 2014 execution of Clayton D. Lockett in Oklahoma. Investigative reporter Jeffrey Stern has written a comprehensive, gripping narrative of the troubling events

07May

Instead of a Card

On May 10th we celebrate Mother’s Day. But there are mothers for whom the day will not be filled with celebration: mothers whose sons or daughters were murdered. No beribboned package, card or flowers will bestow the thing they want most– their precious child restored to them again. I spoke with