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New DPIC Podcast: Former Governor Brad Henry and Former U S Magistrate Judge Andy Lester, co-Chairs of the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, Call for Halt to Executions

Magistrate Judge Andy Lester (pictured), two of the co-chairs of the bipartisan Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, call on state officials not to…

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Fact check: Arizona gas chamber hasn t been used to execute since 1999

While the state does have a gas chamber that some death row inmates can choose to be executed in, it has not been used in such a way since 1999.

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On 20th Anniversary of Atkins v Virginia, Supreme Court Denies Petition to Review Procedural Loophole Permitting Execution of Intellectually Disabled Prisoners

In a one-line ruling issued June 21, 2022, the Court summarily denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed on behalf of Florida death-row prisoner Joe…

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Fifty years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, racial bias still pervades the death penalty

Today the death penalty, like lynching, remains a tool of populist justice.

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Despite Ineffectiveness as Public-Safety Tool, Anti-Abolition Lawmakers Push Bills to Reinstate Death Penalty for Killings of Police Officers

Despite the absence of evidence that the death penalty protects police or promotes public safety, lawmakers in several states that have abolished capital…

United statesDarren baileyRobert dunhamDave severinJohn hanlonDeath penalty information centerSenate judiciary committee onSenate judiciary committeeSenator darren baileyRepresentative dave severinIllinois innocence project director john hanlonPenalty information centerDirector robert dunhamDespite ineffectiveness as public safety toolNti abolition lawmakers push bills to reinstate death penalty for killings of police officers

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