News & Commentary about Capital Punishment
The Capital Punishment Project works toward the repeal of the death penalty in the United States through strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and training programs for capital defense teams.
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Sep 14, 2012
Justice for Reggie Clemons: Not Another Troy Davis
Aug 1, 2012
"Hands Off Our DNA" Lawsuit Gets Another Day in Court
Jul 21, 2012
Update: Intellectually Disabled Georgia Man Faces Monday Execution if Supreme Court Does Not Step In
Jul 17, 2012
A Tale of Three States: Executing the Mentally Disabled
Jul 13, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Jul 10, 2012
Ohio Governor John Kasich Stops Second Consecutive Execution
Jul 6, 2012
Death Penalty Abolition Movement “To See Sunny Days”
Jul 3, 2012
North Carolina's Historic Racial Justice Act Gutted
Jun 29, 2012
Forty Years after Furman: Still "Fastened to the Obsolete"
Jun 26, 2012
James Watson, Discoverer of DNA: Patenting Human Genes Is “Lunacy”