Press Releases
Jan 30, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµUrges Utah Supreme Court to Allow People on Death Row to Challenge Execution Methods
SALT LAKE CITY — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the Utah Constitution’s pr...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: Menzies v. Utah Department of Corrections
Jan 26, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµStatement on Alabama Execution of Kenneth Smith by Nitrogen Gas
ATMORE, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Corrections executed Kenneth Smith late yesterday evening by nitrogen hypoxia, the first time in U.S. history that a state has used nitro...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
May 19, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµStatement on the Execution of Walter Barton
First Person Executed during COVID-19 Pandemic Put to Death by Lethal Injection in Missouri
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Mar 26, 2018
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Court Challenge to State of Nebraska’s Execution Protocol
LINCOLN, Neb – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of Nebraska today announced a lawsuit challenging the state’s execution protocol, asserting that state officials hastily devel...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 29, 2015
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµComment on Supreme Court Decision in Glossip v. Gross
WASHINGTON – Cassandra Stubbs, director of the Capital Punishment Project of the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, had this comment in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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