Press Releases
about Capital Punishment
Jul 25, 2019
ACLU Statement on Justice Department Reinstating Broken Federal Death Penalty System
DURHAM, N.C. — The Department of Justice today announced it would resume the federal death penalty, which has not been used in this country since 2003. Cassandra Stubbs, director...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 18, 2019
ACLU Calls on District Attorney Lacey to Eliminate Death Penalty Sentencing in Los Angeles
New Data Show County's Death Sentences Characterized by Racial Bias, Unfit Lawyers
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Apr 11, 2019
New Hampshire State Senate Votes to Repeal the Death Penalty
Follows State House of Representatives with Vote of More Than Two-Thirds Majority
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Feb 22, 2019
ACLU Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Find Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Funding Disparities Between Counties Leads to Extreme Inequities, Numerous Committees Find
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Feb 18, 2019
Judges, District Attorneys, Cops Ask N.C. Supreme Court to Declare Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Criminal Justice Experts Say Death Penalty Is Broken and Cannot Be Fixed
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Feb 07, 2019
ACLU AL Comment on Decision to Stay the Execution of Dominique Ray
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a stay of execution for Dominique Ray.
Ray was scheduled to be put to death today, but ...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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