An Untold Story: Women on Death Row
We understand death row as a man’s experience. But what about women? Read More
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Joins NAACP’s “American Journey for Justice”
The historic march from Selma to D.C. begins on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 and ends September 15, 2015. Read More
What You Don’t Know About Death Row: Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement is a brutal rehabilitation method for incarcerated persons in the general prison population and on death row. Read More
What It’s Like To Be The Person Who Puts Prisoners To Death
What is the moral cost of killing in the name of the state? Read More
NCADP Board Vice Chair Barbara Arnwine is honored by the NAACP
NCADP Board Vice Chair Barbara Arnwine was awarded the William Robert Ming Award at the 106th annual NAACP Convention in Philadelphia on July 13, 2015 for her significant contributions to civil rights causes as a lawyer. Read More
#NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Midazolam Can be Used in Executions
The Supreme Court has issued a ruling on the use of midazolam in executions. Read More
#NEWS: DEA “in lockstep” with FDA, will not allow Nebraska to import execution drug
The DEA says it is in "lockstep" with the FDA, and will seize illegal drug used for lethal injections if imported by Nebraska. Read More
#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
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