#NEWS: 2 Men Pardoned for 1983 Murder
Brothers Henry McCollum and Leon Brown receive pardons from Gov. Pat McCrory in North Carolina. Read More
How America’s Death Penalty Ends
Austin Sarat, author of Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty, reviews the state of the death penalty in U.S. Read More
#NEWS: Nebraska Abolishes the Death Penalty
Nebraska legislators have successfully overridden the Governor's veto and abolished the death penalty in the state. Read More
A Sacrifice for the Monkey God
Darren Raleigh, a Torchbearer of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, offers his case for abolition after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receives a federal death sentence. Read More
#NEWS: Nebraska Lawmakers Vote to Abolish the Death Penalty
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to repeal the death penalty in the state. Read More
#NEWS: Nebraska Legislature Advances Death Penalty Repeal Bill
The Nebraska legislature advances death penalty repeal bill for the second time. Read More
Statement on Recent Report Detailing Process of Clayton Lockett’s Gruesome, Inhumane Execution
Statement by Executive Director Diann Rust-Tierney on Recent Report Detailing Process of Clayton Lockett’s Gruesome, Inhumane Execution. NCADP Renews Call to Halt All Executions. Read More
#NEWS: The Execution of Clayton Lockett
The Atlantic offers a detailed look at the horrific 2014 execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma. Read More
Torchbearer Spotlight: Damon Hickey
It's complicated, but I've always felt that, as a Christian, I'm not supposed to kill. That also means, for me, as a citizen of a country where the people rule, I'm killing people whenever there's an execution. So I oppose the death penalty. Read More
#NEWS: 153rd Person Added to List of Death Row Exonerees
Willie Manning has become the 153rd person to be added to the growing list of death row exonerees. Read More
The Methods to the Madness: The Electric Chair, Lethal Injection and Now Nitrogen Gas
John D. Bessler, of the University of Baltimore School of Law, discusses new changes in the evolution of capital punishment Read More
Reflections on Lethal Drugs, Sleeping and Waking Up
A closer look at the Supreme Court hearing of Glossip v. Gross and executions. Read More
Torchbearer Spotlight: Tony Catano
Above all, I oppose the death penalty because I feel it is morally wrong for us to choose to inflict death as a form of punishment on our fellow human beings. Read More
NCADP Statement on SCOTUS hearing of Glossip v. Gross
The death penalty is hindering our nation’s forward progress. It’s time to end it. Read More
#NEWS: “To End the Anguish, Drop the Death Penalty”
Bill and Denise Richard, the parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings, wrote a powerful op-ed in the Boston Globe. Read More
The Death Penalty Robs Education
An examination of the relationship between spending on the death penalty and on education in the United States. Read More
The Death Penalty Ignores the Needs of Families of Victims
Abolish the death penalty and invest in victims services. Read More
April 15th LIVE Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates The Death Penalty with Diann Rust-Tierney
On 15 April 2015, Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, was a featured panelist on a live Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on the death penalty. Read More
#EDITORIAL: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Should Not Get Death Penalty
The LA Times has written a forceful editorial stating that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should not be given the death penalty. Read More
#NEWS: How the Case Against Anthony Ray Hinton Unraveled
On Thursday, 2 April 2015, Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama for the 1985 murders of two men, was exonerated and freed. The Washington Post shares how the case against him fell apart. Read More