American Civil Liberties Union

Death Penalty:
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of civil liberties. In the past 35 years, 129 inmates were found to be innocent and released from death row. The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is fighting for the end of the death penalty by supporting moratorium and repeal movements through public education and advocacy. We are engaged in systemic reform of the death penalty process, and case-specific litigation highlighting some of its fundamental flaws.


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Death Penalty : Publications

Death Penalty Update (03/27/2004)

Summary of "Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Virginia" (03/19/2004)
2-page summary of ACLU's 2003 report on the death penalty in Virginia

Death Penalty Update (03/19/2004)
Death Penalty News, Legislative Alerts, Upcoming Executions and Events, New Resources

Death Penalty Update (03/12/2004)

Scattered justice: geographic disparities of the death penalty (03/05/2004)

Death Penalty Update (02/27/2004)

Death Penalty Update (02/20/2004)

Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Virginia (02/10/2004)

State-by-state breakdown of executions and exonerations (02/06/2004)

The average number of executions per exoneration (02/06/2004)
A look at the proportional number of exonerations to executions

Murder victims' families speak out against the juvenile death penalty (02/06/2004)

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