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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Jul 11, 2018

Nevada Plans to Execute Prisoner Using a Risky and Experimental Drug Cocktail

May 30, 2018

Racist Jury Selection at the Heart of a 1977 Murder Conviction

Apr 27, 2018

Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams’ Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence

Statue of Daniel Webster outside of the New Hampshire statehouse

Apr 26, 2018

It’s Time to End New Hampshire’s Death Penalty

Mar 12, 2018

Nebraska Is Illegally Obtaining and Storing Execution Drugs in Defiance of Federal Law

Jan 29, 2018

My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

Nov 17, 2017

Too Old and Too Sick to Execute? No Such Thing in Ohio.

Oct 23, 2017

Jack Greene Has Profound Mental Illness, but Arkansas Wants to Execute Him Anyway

Sep 20, 2017

Keith Tharpe’s Scheduled Execution Tests Our Nation's Tolerance for the Death Penalty's Racial Bias

Jul 25, 2017

Tomorrow Ohio Plans to Restart Executions With Drugs Known to Torture