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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

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

05May

BK Live in conversation about young men of color harmed by crime

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.

15Jan

Martin Luther King Jr. and The Abomination of State Executions

This January 15th, the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth, should be a time to remember, celebrate and carry on his tireless fight for justice and racial equality. However the state of Oklahoma and the state of Florida are taking this day to execute two of their citizens. We are outraged that Charles

18Dec

90 Million Strong Top News Clips: 12/18/14

Outrage of the Century – Judge throws out teen’s murder conviction 70 years after his execution When George Stinney Jr. was executed for the killings of two white girls in 1944, he was so small that the straps of South Carolina’s electric chair didn’t fit him properly , and he had to sit on a […]

10Dec

New coalition forms to push for end to capital punishment

With the country’s final executions of 2014 are scheduled to take place in Georgia, Missouri and Texas this week, a new coalition has launched a campaign to push for an end to capital punishment. The goal — to mobilize the 90 million Americans who support ending capital punishment — was announced early on Dec. 9

08Dec

Stop State-Sanctioned Murder

Despite the recent string of botched executions - a new poll out reveals that a majority of Americans are still in favor of the death penalty. But - isn't time to stop state-sanctioned murder - and stop associating ourselves with the likes of North Korea and Iran?