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News & Commentary about Racial Disparities and the Death Penalty

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The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµworks in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Dec 13, 2012

Day 2 of Velez Hearing: State’s Witness Dismantles State’s Timeline Theory

Day 2 of Velez Hearing: State’s Witness Dismantles State’s Timeline Theory

Dec 12, 2012

Day 1 of Velez Innocence Hearing: A Family Comes to Court for Justice

Day 1 of Velez Innocence Hearing: A Family Comes to Court for Justice

Dec 10, 2012

Could Manuel Velez be the 13th Prisoner Exonerated from Texas’s Death Row?

Could Manuel Velez be the 13th Prisoner Exonerated from Texas’s Death Row?

Oct 16, 2012

VICTORY! One Less Person Faces Execution in Alabama

VICTORY! One Less Person Faces Execution in Alabama

Sep 14, 2012

Justice for Reggie Clemons: Not Another Troy Davis

Justice for Reggie Clemons: Not Another Troy Davis

Jul 3, 2012

North Carolina's Historic Racial Justice Act Gutted

North Carolina's Historic Racial Justice Act Gutted

Jun 29, 2012

Forty Years after Furman: Still Fastened to the Obsolete

Forty Years after Furman: Still Fastened to the Obsolete

Jun 14, 2012

Historic Racial Justice Act Faces Repeal

Historic Racial Justice Act Faces Repeal

Apr 23, 2012

A Personal Reflection on McCleskey v. Kemp

A Personal Reflection on McCleskey v. Kemp

Apr 22, 2012

25 Years After McCleskey, Looking Forward to Legislative Fixes of Supreme Court Error

25 Years After McCleskey, Looking Forward to Legislative Fixes of Supreme Court Error