The death penalty
When Gov. Rick Perry came to Denton, Texas, for a re-election tour stop at a coffee shop, anti-death penalty activists were ready for him.
March 15, 2010 : Karen Burke and Ragina Johnson In a surprise court decision, Texas death row prisoner Gabriel Gonzales received a new sentence of life with the possibility of parole.
February 3, 2010 : Marlene Martin A Pennsylvania death row political prisoner was moved closer to the execution chamber by a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 25, 2010 Virginia is one of a small number of states, all in the South, that gives death row prisoners a choice between lethal injection and electrocution.
December 1, 2009 Howard Zinn spoke to a packed audience of 900 people in an event that capped the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's convention.
November 23, 2009 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 22, 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 18, 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 11, 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 27, 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 14, 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 18, 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 22, 2009 A group of exonerated death row prisoners came together with dozens of people in Chicago to show their support for Troy Davis.
July 21, 2009 : Mumia Abu-Jamal What is broken either must be fixed or replaced—and who can deny that the system is broken today?
July 6, 2009 On June 2, Gov. Rick Perry oversaw the 200th execution carried out during his eight years as governor of Texas.
June 10, 2009 Thousands of people across world rallied in support of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis in an international day of action.
May 25, 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 18, 2009 Texas prisoner Kenneth Foster Jr. shares a poem about Gaza and life in prison.
May 17, 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.
April 30, 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 27, 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 19, 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 24, 2009
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