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The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ represented Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 67, who faced execution in Texas. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ petitioned the Supreme Court for a stay of Robert Ladd's execution and to review the initial decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ladd was executed by the state of Texas at 7:02 pm CT on Thursday, January 29, 2015.

Manuel Velez, an innocent man, was released from a Texas prison today after almost nine years behind bars, four on death row. Rather than risk a new trial that could be plagued with the same problems that sent him to death row, Velez, an ºìÐÓÊÓƵ client, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge.

The First Amendment guarantees the public and the press the right to witness certain government proceedings – including public executions. On August 25, 2014, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit arguing that this right was violated during the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of The Guardian and The Oklahoma Observer, whose journalists were deprived the right to view and fully report on the execution.

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ filed a request for precautionary measures with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the execution of John Winfield, scheduled for June 18, 2014 in the state of Missouri, will cause irreparable harm should it go forward. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ asks that the executions be stayed until the IACHR can review and rule on the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's petition that alleges Mr. Winfield's death sentence violates international law. On June 6, 2014, the IACHR granted ºìÐÓÊÓƵ request for precautionary measures against the United States and requested that "the Government of the United States to abstain from executing John Winfield until the IACHR has ruled on the merits of the individual petition filed on his behalf."