Lush's Death ≠ Justice campaign is designed to highlight failings within the capital punishment system by engaging customers in death penalty abolition efforts, releasing the documentary "Exonerated," and raising funds for three organizations attempting to halt executions once and for all. Read More
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty welcomes the results of a new Pew Research Center poll indicating that opposition to capital punishment has increased significantly. Read More
90 Million Strong Campaign endorses the Retain a Just Nebraska Campaign and the Justice That Works Campaign Read More
Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong? It is a question that has no sensible response. Read More
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled the state’s current death penalty scheme was unconstitutional. Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court is wrapping up its 2015-2016 term this week. Starting all the way back at the beginning of last October, the Court decided two particularly noteworthy death penalty-related cases this term, and agreed to hear a third during its 2016-2017 term. Read More
For these four days, death penalty abolitionists from around the country will gather at the steps of the Supreme Court to call for an end to capital punishment in the United States. Read More
On, Monday, June 6, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it would review the case of Buck v. Stephens—a case involving Duane Buck, a Texas man who was sentenced to death after his own lawyer inexplicably introduced an expert who testified that he would pose a future danger to society if only sentenced to life imprisonment (and the fact that he was black only increased that likelihood). Read More
On May 23, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Foster v. Chatman that Timothy Foster established purposeful racial discrimination in the prosecution’s dismissal of two black jurors during jury selection at his trial. Read More
After 40 years of work, we look to see what is left to be done in individual states. Read More
Rather than turn back to routine use of the electric chair, the Governor made an amendment regarding lethal injection drugs. Read More
Diann Rust-Tierney will attend a panel discussion at Marymount University on April 20th at 6:30 pm. Please join! Read More
Over the past few months we have seen a historic number of efforts to repeal unjust and draconian death penalty laws across the country. In fact, as of this week efforts are underway in almost 20 states to repeal, replace, or hold the line on the death penalty. Read More
Congratulations to our repeal friends in Utah! On Wednesday, the State Senate voted 15 to 12 to repeal the death penalty. There is a short period to move to the House of Representatives, so we’ll keep you posted. Read More
We have compiled a list of valuable books for your reading list that discuss capital punishment, the criminal justice system, and social reform. Read More
Some candidates have announced their opposition to the death penalty, and more have pointed to the numerous problems with it. Read More
Momentum is building in Delaware behind a death penalty repeal bill that is scheduled to be considered on the house floor on Thursday January 28th. Read More
On January 28th a bi-partisan group of law-makers will gather to announce their intention to move death penalty repeal legislation forward in Kansas. Read More
Professor Frank Baumgartner gives a good analysis on why the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida’s death penalty statute. Judges, rather than jurors, were making the ultimate decision about who should be sentenced to die. Read More
January 28th 2016 is set to be a big day for Abolition. Lawmakers in Delaware and Kansas have announced their intentions to move forward with death penalty repeal legislation early in 2016. Read More