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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

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

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.

24Mar

Lead prosecutor apologizes for role in sending man to death row

Stroud: Death penalty is 'abomination that continues to scar the fibers of this society'

11Mar

An Anniversary of Our Evolving Standards of Decency

An Anniversary of Our Evolving Standards of Decency | Diann Rust-Tierney More often than I would like, I have used this space to decry our shortcomings because we retain and still use capital punishment. This past Sunday, however, marked the 10th anniversary of a high point in our shared history. On March 1, 2005

05Mar

#EXCLUSIVE: Reporter Bailey Elise McBride is Shining A Spotlight on the Death Penalty

The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is excited to be partnering with reporter Bailey Elise McBride. In a series of compelling tweets, Bailey broke the news about Oklahoma’s botched execution of Clayton Lockett last year, and helped to draw national and international attention to the serious

24Feb

The Cloak and Daggers of Lethal Injection

On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called for a national moratorium on executions while the Supreme Court revisits lethal injection.

Rodney Reed is on death row in Texas. Photograph: Texas justice department

24Feb

Rodney Reed: Texas appeals court grants stay of execution

Defence lawyers tell judges that new evidence proves Reed did not murder Stacey Stites in 1996 case and trial testimony was false

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