- DPI’s Podcast 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context: Journalists Reflect on the Challenges and Importance of Media Reporting on the Death Penaltyby Death Penalty Information Center on July 3, 2025 at 4:32 pm
In this month’s podcast episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Sam Levin, a correspondent with *The Guardian* who covers criminal justice and the legal system, and Jimmy Jenkins, […]
- DPI Series: Facts About the Death Penalty - Does the Death Penalty Make Communities Safer?by Death Penalty Information Center on July 2, 2025 at 8:16 pm
Deterrence is one of the most commonly expressed reasons for use of the death penalty, both as a constitutional justification and as a public policy rationale. Elected officials have recently called the death penalty an […]
- Vietnam Eliminates Death Penalty for Eight Offensesby Death Penalty Information Center on July 1, 2025 at 4:40 pm
On June 25, 2025, Vietnam’s National Assembly approved a measure introduced by the government to reduce the number of death-eligible offenses from 18 to 10. Effective July 1, 2025, the formerly capital crimes of illegal drug […]
- Hundreds Rally to Urge Commutation of California’s Death Rowby Death Penalty Information Center on June 30, 2025 at 9:23 pm
On June 26, 2025, more than 200 Californians and representatives of civil rights organizations gathered at the state Capitol to urge California Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all death sentences. Speakers at the gathering called […]
- TCADP July 2025 Newsletter: Texas Death Penalty Mid-Year Snapshotby Kristin on July 1, 2025 at 4:34 pm
In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions in Texas this summer Updates on innocence cases: Attorneys for Robert Roberson object to Texas Attorney General’s request for an execution date; U.S. Supreme
- TCADP June 2025 Newsletter: A summer with no executions in Texasby Kristin on June 2, 2025 at 7:31 pm
In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions set in Texas for the next three months Update on innocence cases: Charles Don Flores asks court not to set execution date In case
- State of Texas executes Matthew Johnsonby Kristin on May 20, 2025 at 12:57 pm
Last night, May 20, 2025, Texas executed Matthew Johnson. In 2013, a Dallas County jury sentenced him to death for killing Nancy Harris while robbing the convenience store where she worked
- TCADP May 2025 Newsletter: Life, mercy, and justiceby Kristin on May 1, 2025 at 12:28 pm
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Matthew Johnson on May 20 In case you missed it: New reports document global use of the death penalty and exonerations