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31 Dec 2009, 9:16 am
Once again, using the information collected by the Death Penalty Information Center (what a great organization) and our own work here on this blog since March 2009, we know the following: 1. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 4:13 pm
Thanks to this entry at the Death Penalty Information Center, I saw this interesting report in the Independent Weekly, which is headlined "The high cost of the death penalty: Nickel-and-dimed to death. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 1:32 pm
Earlier this week, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released its annual year-end report finding a 12 percent decrease in executions in 2010 compared to last year: 46 people were executed this year, compared to 52 in 2009. [read post]
9 Feb 2020, 10:19 am
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, states in the South have executed 1,238 individuals since 1976. [read post]
9 Feb 2020, 10:19 am
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, states in the South have executed 1,238 individuals since 1976. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 8:27 am
Maybe not, but it’d be hard to argue that with a straight face based solely on the news out today, courtesy of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
21 Dec 2011, 2:02 pm
The Death Penalty Information Center’s year-end report noted that only 78 new death sentences were handed down in the past year - the first time in the modern era of capital punishment that the number dropped below 100. [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 7:03 pm
"Pennsylvania politicians," Weick scoffs, "are married to the idea that supporting the death penalty means they're tough on crime. [read post]
7 Oct 2007, 6:03 am
All 37 states that perform lethal injection use the same three-drug cocktail, but at least 10 of those states suspended its use after opponents alleged it was ineffective and cruel, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 11:01 am
A major provocation of death penalty opponents has always been executing an innocent person for a crime they didn't commit, but, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, that possibility has already happened at least eight times since the death penalty was reinstituted back in 1976.One of these, the case of Larry Griffin, is back in the news with this MSNBC report yesterday. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 9:50 am
However, a recent study by the Death Penalty Information Center shows that 32% of the executions in the U.S. since 1976 came from prosecutions in only 15 counties, a number amounting to less than 1% of the total number of counties in killing states. [read post]
14 Apr 2021, 12:49 pm
A January 2021 poll conducted by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) shows that 49 percent of Nevadans support ending capital punishment, compared to 46 percent that said they would prefer to keep it. [read post]
31 Dec 2009, 6:16 am
Once again, using the information collected by the Death Penalty Information Center (what a great organization) and our own work here on this blog since March 2009, we know the following: 1. [read post]
22 Oct 2009, 11:33 am
The Death Penalty Information Center's report, which included a poll of police chiefs around the country regarding their thoughts about the death penalty and crime, argues states can save hundreds of millions of dollars by getting rid of death sentences. [read post]
18 May 2011, 5:55 pm
Just heard about a new website started by the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern Law School’s Bluhm Legal Clinic called – you guessed it – Death Penalty Worldwide. [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 7:57 pm
Legislators in eight states are considering abolition bills, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, and the issue of money has been raised in all of those discussions. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 1:32 pm
"Human life, in all its stages, is sacred," Weisenburger said.Oklahoma has executed 96 inmates since 1976, putting the state third behind Texas and Virginia, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
31 Jul 2021, 7:05 am
The Death Penalty Information Center reports that at least 20 innocent men have been executed in the U.S. since 1976—nine in Texas alone. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 2:52 am
"According to the Death Penalty Information Center, six inmates on Pennsylvania's death row have been freed since 1986. [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm
”In fact, as the Death Penalty Information Center reports, “Louisiana has exonerated 11 people from death row, making it fourth in the U.S. for number of death-row exonerations. [read post]
