SPECIAL EDITION: Weekly News Round-Up: 12/8/14 - 12/12/14
Broad Coalition Launches National Campaign To End The Death Penalty … IN OTHER NEWS: More Exonerated; More Executed; OH Senate Okays Bill to Keep Lethal Injection Protocols Secret; and Many Connect US Torture Report to US’s Use of Death Penalty & Police Brutality. Read More
Democracies Die Behind Closed Doors: Capital Punishment and State Secrecy Laws
“Democracies die behind closed doors. When the government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.”— Judge Damon J. Keith, 2002. Read More
NCADP Renews Call to Halt All Executions After New Findings Ohio Prisoner Suffered
Today, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty renewed its call for a halt to all executions nationwide, in response to this week's new findings by a medical expert indicating that an Ohio prisoner was conscious and likely suffered a prolonged and lingering death during a lethal injection in January. Read More