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For exonerees Juan and JoaquÃn, the death penalty in Puerto Rico is personal
"Puerto Rico does not deserve a law that is racist, a law that does not solve crime, a law that is expensive, and a law that is unjust."...

Sabrina Butler-Smith interviewed on HiHo Kids
Exoneree Sabrina Butler appeared on HiHo Kids, a YouTube channel for kids with over 2.5 million subscribers, to share her story and speak...


El Nuevo DÃa editorial focuses on the horror of the death penalty
An editorial featured in the top newspaper in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo DÃa, provides a moving commentary against the death penalty. READ MORE

Death row exonerees featured on Telemundo Puerto Rico
Exonerees speaking throughout Puerto Rico about their experiences on death row were featured on a segment of Telemundo PR. WATCH NOW


Death row exonerees Juan and Joaquin spoke in Puerto Rico
Juan Meléndez and JoaquÃn Martinez's talk in Puerto Rico to celebrate the 90th anniversary of abolition there was covered...


Exoneree Rodricus Crawford speaks on national TV program
Rodricus Crawford (far right) spoke on Louisiana Public Broadcasting about the death penalty, discussing his three years wrongfully...

Exoneree Debra Milke speaks at Cornell University
Debra Milke shared her story of death row and exoneration at Cornell University's "Death Penalty in America" class. READ MORE

Juan Melendez speaks at UNLV
Exoneree Juan Melendez spoke at a social work and cultural diversity class at UNLV about his experience on death row. READ MORE


Exoneree Sabrina Butler-Smith profiled in The Intercept
Death row exoneree Sabrina Butler-Smith has teamed up with a murder victim's daughter to fight for death penalty abolition. READ MORE


New Hampshire Senate votes to abolish the death penalty
On April 11, the New Hampshire Senate voted 17-6 in favor of House Bill 455 to repeal the death penalty. This margin is enough to...
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