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Is the Criminal Justice System Just and What Do We Do if It's Not?

Is the Criminal Justice System Just and What Do We Do if It's Not?

Hope Lloyd  12. 3.2015
It's been demonstrated time and time again that the trends and tenets of mass incarceration in America are regrettable and wrong. But regret...
Jeb Bush Says He's Conflicted On The Death Penalty. His Record Tells Another Story.

Jeb Bush Says He's Conflicted On The Death Penalty. His Record Tells Another Story.

Jason Cherkis  12. 3.2015
In December 2006, Warden Randall Bryant visited Angel Diaz at his cell in the death house. Diaz had a week to go before his execution,...
Congressional Candidate Wants To Execute Some Repeat Border Crossers

Congressional Candidate Wants To Execute Some Repeat Border Crossers

Andy Campbell  12. 1.2015
Iowa state Sen. Mark Chelgren (R) has a message for any immigrant felons who re-enter the U.S. illegally: You should be executed. Chelgren...
Can a Lawyer Oppose a Client's Plea to Live?

Can a Lawyer Oppose a Client's Plea to Live?

Brandon L. Garrett  12. 1.2015
Lawyers cannot give up working on a case, or put their own interests above their client's. And yet that is what two Texas lawyers appear...
Saudi Arabia To Execute 50 People Accused Of Terrorism: Report

Saudi Arabia To Execute 50 People Accused Of Terrorism: Report

Reuters  11.26.2015
RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this...
Georgia Executes Man Convicted In 1994 Slaying

Georgia Executes Man Convicted In 1994 Slaying

AP  11.19.2015
ATLANTA (AP) — A man convicted of killing a woman he met at a Georgia nightclub was executed Thursday after losing a last-minute...
The Pilgrimage for Raphael Holiday Is the Pilgrimage for Abolition

The Pilgrimage for Raphael Holiday Is the Pilgrimage for Abolition

Rev. Jeff Hood  11.16.2015
This Wednesday, Raphael Holiday will be executed minutes after 6 p.m. at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas. Unlike many of those I've...
Death Penalties, Executions Slow As Capital Punishment Is Squeezed

Death Penalties, Executions Slow As Capital Punishment Is Squeezed

Reuters  11.15.2015
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Capital punishment in the United States has moved into the slow lane, with the number of executions...
To Honor Veterans, Stop Executing Them

To Honor Veterans, Stop Executing Them

Mark Osler  11.11.2015
One solid step towards accepting our national responsibility for veterans would be to stop executing them when they are convicted of crimes....
A Death Row Inmate's Haunting Observation Hours Before Execution

A Death Row Inmate's Haunting Observation Hours Before Execution

OWN  11. 9.2015
As a death row attorney whom Desmond Tutu has called  "America's young Nelson Mandela," Bryan Stevenson has worked with people...
Where's the Outrage Over the Beheadings in Saudi Arabia?

Where's the Outrage Over the Beheadings in Saudi Arabia?

Bill Blum  11. 9.2015
The first step in ending tyranny is to expose its existence--to let the tyrants know that we're watching and won't turn away until they...
Wrongful Convictions Then and Now: The Tragic Case of George Stinney, Jr.

Wrongful Convictions Then and Now: The Tragic Case of George Stinney, Jr.

Lorenzo Johnson  11. 5.2015
In 1944, George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old African American, was charged with murdering two young white girls: Betty June Binnicker, 11...
The Supreme Court Spared A Man With A Brain Defect From Execution

The Supreme Court Spared A Man With A Brain Defect From Execution

Cristian Farias  11. 4.2015
Missouri won't be able to execute a man with a well-documented history of intellectual disability -- not yet, at least. In a lengthier-than-usual...
Police Killings Surpass the Worst Years of Lynching, Capital Punishment, and a Movement Responds

Police Killings Surpass the Worst Years of Lynching, Capital Punishment, and a Movement Responds

Jerome Karabel  11. 4.2015
Like the movements against lynching, state-sanctioned segregation and the death penalty before it, today's movement against extra-judicial...
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