- New Analysis: Capital Cases Overturned At Least Four Times Illustrate How Pervasive Prosecutorial Misconduct Contributes to High Cost of Death Penaltyby Death Penalty Information Center on May 8, 2025 at 8:33 pm
The single most common outcome for a death sentence in the modern era is for it to be reversed on appeal due to a constitutional violation. Most people whose sentences are reversed get resentenced to life in prison or less, but […]
- Victims’ Families Remain Divided on Federal Death Penaltyby Death Penalty Information Center on May 7, 2025 at 8:24 pm
Recent attention on the federal death penalty is highlighting the diverse opinions of victims’ families who have lost loved ones to violence. Like Americans from all walks of life, victims’ families hold a diverse set of views […]
- New DPI Data Analysis: How Race Affects Capital Charging and Sentencing of 18 to 20-Year-Oldsby Death Penalty Information Center on May 6, 2025 at 7:55 pm
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision ending the juvenile death penalty, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) has released a new report: Immature Minds in a “Maturing […]
- Federal Judge in Idaho Orders Department of Corrections Must Allow Greater Media Access to Executionsby Death Penalty Information Center on May 5, 2025 at 8:27 pm
On April 29, 2025, U.S. District Judge Debora K. Grasham ordered the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) to give media witnesses to an execution “audio and visual access to the preparation and administration of the lethal […]
- 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
- State of Texas executes Moises Sandoval Mendozaby Kristin on April 23, 2025 at 1:54 pm
Last night, April 23, 2025, the State of Texas executed Moises Sandoval Mendoza after the Supreme Court of the United States denied his application for a stay of execution and a
- TCADP April 2025 Newsletter: Gains and losses at the Texas Legislatureby Kristin on April 1, 2025 at 8:15 pm
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Moises Mendoza on April 23 Texas legislative updates: Death penalty abolition bill gains two coauthors; Texas Senate passes bill to expand
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants stay of execution to David Woodby Kristin on March 11, 2025 at 10:37 pm
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to David Wood, who was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Wood has spent more than
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- For a world free from the shadows of the gallowsby Hedia Zaalouni on April 14, 2025 at 2:11 pm
On 8 April 2025, Amnesty International published its annual report on the state of the death penalty worldwide. Amnesty International’s monitoring shows that with continued advocacy, it is just a matter of time before the death penalty will be fully […]
- 48th UPR Session Highlights Growing Calls for Death Penalty Reformby Hedia Zaalouni on March 31, 2025 at 8:50 am
The 48th session of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place from the 20th to the 31st of January 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. It showcased the increasing international focus on the death penalty, with a significant number of […]
- Judicial Influence on Death Penalty Abolition: Global Legal Perspectives at the Biennial High-Level Panelby Hedia Zaalouni on March 28, 2025 at 10:48 am
On February 25, 2025, the biennial high-level panel on the death penalty was held at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, under the theme “Contribution of the Judiciary to the Advancement of Human Rights and the Question of the Death […]
- Advocacy for recognition of the reality of women sentenced to death at the first Women in Corrections conferenceby Hedia Zaalouni on March 21, 2025 at 4:09 pm
A World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition) delegation participated in the first Women in Corrections Conference (WICC), held in Bangkok, Thailand, in February 2025. Organized by the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) […]