Media

Below are video and audio segments from law enforcement officials, family members of murder victims, and death row inmates speaking out against the death penalty, as well as other videos that provide support for abolition efforts.

Law Enforcement

Titled "Cut This," this video highlights the enormous financial cost of the death penalty in California.

An interview with Sam Millsap, a former Texas District Attorney who has prosecuted cases that have resulted in execution.  At least one of Millsap's death sentences was likely given to an innocent man.  

Carroll Pickett, a former death row prison chaplain, interviewed on NPR's "Fresh Air"

Marvin Polk, the warden of North Carolina's Central Prison, narrating the hours leading up to an execution

Family Members

Kentucky resident Ray Schweri reflects on the death of his brother-in-law and his thoughts on the death penalty.

Testimony by Aundre Herron, a former prosecutor who lost her older brother to murder in 1994

Vicki Schieber, the mother of a murder victim, speaking at the kick-off of the Pennsylvania Moratorium Coalition

Terry Steinberg, mother of a death row inmate in Virginia, speaking at the 14th annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty (part I)

Terry Steinberg (part II)

Death Row Inmates

An ABC News piece on Carlos De Luna, a man who was executed but was likely innocent

The true story of Leonel Herrera, who was executed for a crime he likely did not commit

Read NCADP's Report Innocent and Executed to learn more about Carlos De Luna and 3 other likely innocent men who have been executed.

Miscellaneous

Attorney David Dow discusses his new book, The Autobiography of an Execution, on NPR's "Fresh Air"

Diann Rust-Tierney on "Make It Plain" on Sirius XM Channel 146

Actor Jeremy Irons, speaking against the death penalty for Amnesty International

A segment from the television show "West Wing" in which one of the main characters, Toby, discusses the nature of the death penalty with his rabbi

A video documenting the effects of the death penalty

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