The death penalty
We live in a society where there are more regulations for euthanizing animals than there are for executing human beings.
November 18, 2009 The Campaign to End the Death Penalty explains why it opposes Virginia's execution of John Allen Muhammad.
November 11, 2009 Nearly 500 people rallied against the death penalty in Texas as the issue of wrongful convictions and state killing of innocent people has come center stage.
November 2, 2009 Texas is under fire for the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, but on October 27, it is scheduled to execute Reginald Blanton, despite his claims of innocence.
October 23, 2009 : Nicole Colson Texas Gov. Rick Perry is desperately trying to avoid further scrutiny of the execution of an innocent man who was put to death on Perry's watch.
October 19, 2009 : Carter Pagel The state of Texas is refusing to listen to pleas of innocence from another man--even as it prepares to pump lethal chemicals into his body.
October 12, 2009 : Liliana Segura What happened to Romell Broom in Ohio's execution chamber should send chills down the spines of those who think lethal injection is a humane way to kill people.
September 28, 2009 : Nicole Colson The evidence continues to build--Cameron Todd Willingham was executed by the state of Texas for a crime that he didn't commit.
September 15, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte With an unprecedented Supreme Court decision on August 17, death row inmate Troy Davis will finally get the day in court he's been fighting for.
August 19, 2009 In spite of the milestone we have made with the election of the first African American president, it is sad that we have to witness the 1,000th lethal injection.
July 23, 2009 A group of exonerated death row prisoners came together with dozens of people in Chicago to show their support for Troy Davis.
July 22, 2009 : Mumia Abu-Jamal What is broken either must be fixed or replaced—and who can deny that the system is broken today?
July 7, 2009 On June 2, Gov. Rick Perry oversaw the 200th execution carried out during his eight years as governor of Texas.
June 11, 2009 Thousands of people across world rallied in support of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis in an international day of action.
May 26, 2009 : Martina Correia People around the world are rallying to defend Troy Davis, who faces the threat of execution in Georgia despite new evidence of his innocence.
May 19, 2009 Texas prisoner Kenneth Foster Jr. shares a poem about Gaza and life in prison.
May 18, 2009 Robert Pruett has been on Texas death row since 2002, and knowing the rate at which Texas executes inmates, I feel he won't be there much longer.
May 1, 2009 : Alex Bennett A moratorium on the death penalty was about to be ratified into law--until conservative Democratic legislators maneuvered to maintain death row.
April 28, 2009 In a blow to the hopes of his supporters, a federal court once again denied Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis a new trial.
April 20, 2009 The "Live from Death Row" national speaking tour has made more than a dozen stops across the country in building opposition to the death penalty.
March 25, 2009 : Marlene Martin New Mexico became the latest state to end its use of the death penalty when Gov. Bill Richardson signed abolition legislation.
March 23, 2009 : Martina Correia The sister of a Georgia death row prisoner explains why her brother's case is one injustice among many others.
February 25, 2009 Authorities spying on Maryland anti-death penalty activists does not surprise me. It was commonly done in the past, and is done to this day.
February 5, 2009 Death row inmate Rodney Reed received another slap in the face from the Texas justice system when his appeal for a new trial was denied.
January 12, 2009 For the first time since 1959, the state of New Hampshire has a prisoner on death row.
January 8, 2009
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