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Colorado becomes the 22nd state to abolish the death penalty
Colorado officially abolished the death penalty on March 23, 2020 when Governor Jared Polis signed the bill into law... READ MORE

‘You killed my brother’: Sister of Nathaniel Woods confronts Alabama governor over controversial exe
...Woods did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed three officers in 2004. His co-defendant, Kerry Spencer, did. In the weeks...


Half the Country Has Abandoned the Death Penalty
...This shows how the one-for-every-nine statistic fails to fully encapsulate just how many innocent people end up on death row. Given...


Gov. Newsom was right to halt death penalty last year. Now California must go further
I know that California’s death penalty system is plagued by racial bias. I know it, not only because of the solid data and multiple...


Gov. Newsom was right to halt death penalty last year. Now California must go further
I know that California’s death penalty system is plagued by racial bias. I know it, not only because of the solid data and multiple...


Watch community members read Julius Jones’ clemency letter
Julius Jones has been on Oklahoma’s death row for over 20 years despite maintaining his innocence & compelling evidence that racial bias...


Gary Drinkard and Randal Padgett delivered letter to AL governor on behalf of Nate Woods
Gary Drinkard and Randal Padgett delivered a letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey asking for Nate Woods execution to be halted. READ MORE


Gary Drinkard and Randal Padgett delivered letter to AL governor on behalf of Nate Woods
Gary Drinkard and Randal Padgett, who were both exonerated from Alabama's death row, delivered a letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey...


Kwame Ajamu featured on For Life: The Podcast
Kwame Ajamu, our board chair, will be featured on an episode of For Life: The Podcast, made to accompany the new ABC show, For Life. Each...


Florida exonerees met with legislators to support death penalty repeal
Ron Wright, Herman Lindsey, and Clemente Aguirre participated in 2020 FL Death Penalty Aboltion Advocacy Days along with FADP and other...
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