90 Million Strong

A 29 October 2006 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Reflections on Lethal Drugs, Sleeping and Waking Up

Crossposted on Huffington Post Politics I have always loved the Supreme Court. As a law student, I made pilgrimages to the Court to listen to arguments. It fortified me and inspired me for the hard work and sacrifice ahead. I proudly became a member of the Supreme Court bar and had the privilege of participating

29Apr

Statement from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on SCOTUS hearing of Glossip v. Gross

Washington, DC – 4/29/2015 – Today the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the state of Oklahoma may kill condemned prisoners in a manner that knowledgeable and credible experts agree would result in an unconstitutionally cruel and painful death. This is a critical question that must be sorted

29Apr

4 Ways LGBT People and People Living with HIV Are Victimized in the Criminal Justice System

Crossposted from Lambda Legal, a 90 Million Strong Campaign Partner. This blog was originally posted for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. National Crime Victims’ Rights Week started in 1981 to increase public awareness of the rights of crime victims and services available to victims of a crime. This blog post

24Apr

Young Men of Color and the Other Side of Harm: Addressing Disparities in Our Response to Violence

Attention is increasingly being paid to the disparities young men of color face in our society, including their disproportionate involvement in the criminal justice system as those responsible for crime. Little recognition, however, is given to the fact that young men of color are also disproportionately victims

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24Apr

The Death Penalty: A Symbol of Which Lives Matter, and Which Lives Don’t

By Frank R. Baumgartner, Professor of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill NOTE: As our nation grapples with the harsh reality that our criminal justice system operates very differently depending upon the race of the people involved, two new reports shed more light on the problem – one by Common Justice and another

21Apr

Parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing speak out against the death penalty

Bill and Denise Richard, the parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings, wrote a powerful op-ed in the Boston Globe late last week asking for the Federal government to not seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Among their reasons for not wanting the death

15Apr

#LIVE: Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates The Death Penalty on April 15 with Diann Rust-Tierney of NCADP!

Today, 15 April 2015, Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, will be a featured panelist on a live debate organized by Intelligence Squared U.S. on whether or not the death penalty should be abolished in the United States. You can read the full details for the

14Apr

Alabama inmate free after three decades on death row. How the case against him unraveled

Anthony Ray Hinton was one of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates, having spent more than half his life incarcerated. Now, after three decades of insisting that he was innocent in the 1985 murders of two men, the 58-year-old Hinton is finally a free man.

08Apr

The Death Penalty: “Arbitrary, Capricious and Cruel”

By Nan Aron Every year, for more than two decades, Alliance for Justice has produced a short documentary on a major social justice issue. The films are seen by thousands of people every year. We’ve done hundreds of interviews with people in all walks of life covering issues ranging from affordable housing to

03Apr

Delaware Senate passes death penalty repeal bill

For the second time in three years, lawmakers in the state Senate narrowly voted to repeal the death penalty, setting up a fight in the House, where police groups and the chamber's top Democrat will oppose the effort.