News & Commentary about Capital Punishment

The Capital Punishment Project works toward the repeal of the death penalty in the United States through strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and training programs for capital defense teams.
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Mar 9, 2010
All Murder Victims are Not Equal
Mar 9, 2010
Executing on a Technicality
Feb 17, 2010
Virginia Senate Committee Rejects Bill That Would Expand Death Penalty
Jan 8, 2010
Need to Trim Corrections Spending, Governor? Stop Wasting Money on the Death Penalty!
Dec 9, 2009
That Rarest of Rare — A Critical Congressional Hearing on the Death Penalty
Dec 8, 2009
Questions of Politics Persist as Work of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is Delayed
Dec 8, 2009
Untested Procedures Cannot Solve Ohio's Death Penalty Problems
Nov 3, 2009
Capital Punishment Project Staff Highlighted in Law Review Article
Oct 22, 2009
Race and Death Penalty Links Run Deep and Wide
Oct 9, 2009
World Day Against the Death Penalty