Press Releases
Nov 19, 2025
New 桃子视频Report Exposes Systemic Failures Behind Wrongful Death Penalty Convictions
NEW YORK 鈥� The 桃子视频 released Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race and Wrongful Convictions today, a new report exposing how racism, human error, and systemic fa...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Racial Justice
Feb 07, 2025
North Carolina Judge Finds Racial Bias in Death Penalty in Landmark Case
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥� In a landmark case, a North Carolina judge ruled today that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his ...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Oct 16, 2024
桃子视频and Partners Challenge Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. 鈥� The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Kansas, the Kansas Death Penalty Unit, Hogan Lovells, and Ali & Lockwood filed a challenge yesterday to th...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Aug 21, 2024
Closing Arguments Conclude in Landmark Lawsuit that Could Affect More than 100 People on North Carolina鈥檚 Death Row
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥� Attorneys delivered closing arguments today in North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, a landmark case filed under North Carolina鈥檚 Racial Justice Act that could affec...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Mar 08, 2024
Historic Hearing Challenging Racial Bias in North Carolina鈥檚 Death Penalty Concludes with Overwhelming Evidence of Discrimination in Capital Cases
North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, the leading case filed under NC鈥檚 Racial Justice Act, could affect more than 100 people on death row
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Sep 25, 2023
National Civil Rights Organizations Call on Louisiana Governor, Pardon Board to Commute Death Sentences
The joint letter to the governor and pardon board details pervasive racial bias in the death penalty
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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