News & Commentary about Capital Punishment
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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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May 8, 2008
Former Execution Volunteer Joins ACLU Lethal Injection Suit
May 7, 2008
Defending an Innocent Man
May 6, 2008
Death Penalty Resumed with Georgia Execution Tonight
Apr 30, 2008
Death Row Chaplain Becomes Abolition Activist
Apr 30, 2008
Another Study Finds Death Penalty Doesn't Deter Homicide
Apr 25, 2008
Racial Bias Still Rampant in Executions
Apr 10, 2008
127 Death Row Exonerations...and Counting
Apr 1, 2008
Harvard Conference Confronts Death Penalty
Mar 31, 2008
Death, Taxes...and Dry Cleaning?
Mar 26, 2008
Snyder Decision Highlights Problem of Prosecutorial Misconduct