DateTypeTitleReleased By

12/15/2011

Press Release

DPIC’s Year End Report: Death Sentences Drop Well Below 100; Lowest Number Since Capital Punishment was Reinstated in 1976

Death Penalty Information Center

12/6/2011

Press Release

Two Year Assessment of Death Penalty Procedures Prompts Call for Suspension of Executions in Kentucky

American Bar Association

12/6/2011

Press Release

Administration of Justice Troubling in Kentucky; Report Highlights Flaws in System

Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

11/7/2011

Press Release

Hank Skinner Asks Governor Perry to Grant Thirty-Day Reprieve of Execution

Attorneys for Hank Skinner

10/27/2011

Press Release

Current and Former Elected Officials, Former Judges, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Urge State Officials to Test DNA in Skinner Case

Attorneys for Hank Skinner

10/19/2011

Press Release

African Americans Illegally Barred From Serving on Juries Sue Alabama Prosecutor Over Racial Discrimination

Equal Justice Initiative

10/12/2011

Press Release

16 Top National Nonprofits Working in Criminal Justice

Philanthropedia

9/6/2011

Press Release

Hank Skinner Files Motion for DNA Testing Under New Law, Asks Court to Withdraw Nov. 9 Execution Date

Attorneys for Hank Skinner

9/1/2011

Press Release

Texas Set to Execute Man Despite Improper Racist Evidence, Presented by Prosecution at Trial

Texas Defender Service

8/29/2011

Press Release

SAFE CA Announces Initiative to Replace CA Death Penalty

SAFE California

8/26/2011

Press Release

Statement Announcing Ballot Initiative to Replace California’s Death Penalty in 2012

California Taxpayers for Justice

7/14/2011

Press Advisory

Shooting survivor sues Gov. Perry over violation of Victims’ Rights, demanding stay of Mark Stroman execution

Attorneys for Rais Bhuiyan

6/28/2011

Press Release

U.S. Supreme Court Urged to Stay Execution for Humberto Leal Garcia Whose Consular Rights Were Violated See also: Leal’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Attorneys for Humberto Leal

6/22/2011

Press Release

On 35th Anniversary of Death Penalty’s Reinstatement, New Report Shows System Remains Arbitrary and Unfair

The Death Penalty Information Center

6/21/2011

Press Release

Sister Helen Prejean Calls for Recall of Drug Unapproved for Use in
Executions

Sister Helen Prejean

6/10/2011

Press Release

Victims’ Organizations Representing Survivors of Sexual Abuse Join Call for Stay of Execution for Humberto Leal Garcia

Attorneys for Humberto Leal

6/7/2011

Press Release

Former U.S. Diplomats, Retired Military Leaders, Judges, Prosecutors, & Americans Abroad Urge TX Governor to Grant Clemency to Humberto Leal

Attorneys for Humberto Leal

3/30/2011

Press Release

U.S. Attorney General Asked to Investigate Potential Violations of Federal Law by Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder

Maurie Levin, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Capital Punishment Center

3/25/2011

Press Release

House Committee Set to Hear Repeal Bill

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

3/16/2011

Press Release

Statement from Attorney for Cleve Foster in Response to Change in Texas Execution Protocol

Maurie Levin, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Capital Punishment Center

3/9/2011

Press Release

Illinois Governor Signs Bill Ending Death Penalty, Marking the Fewest States with Capital Punishment Since 1978

Death Penalty Information Center

3/7/2011

Press Release

Supreme Court Rules Texas Inmate Can Use Federal Civil Rights Law to Seek DNA Testing

The Innocence Project

2/24/2011

Press Release

Georgia Department of Corrections Violates Federal Law in Desperate Effort to Get Drugs for Executions

John Bentivoglio of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP

2/7/2011

Press Release

Victims, Jurors Urge Clemency for Tim Adams

Texas Defender Service

2/2/11

Press Release

Lawsuit Filed Against FDA on Lethal Injections

Sidney Austin LLP

1/11/11

Press Release

Illinois Legislature Votes to Repeal the Death Penalty, Continuing a National Trend Away from Capital Punishment

Death Penalty Information Center

12/21/10

Press Release

DPIC Year End Report 2010: Executions Down 12% Nationwide, 29% in Texas; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows

Death Penalty Information Center

12/7/10

Media Advisory

Innocence Project to Present Evidence about Wrongful Executions of Cameron Todd Willingham and Claude Jones in Death Penalty Hearing

The Innocence Project (NY)

11/16/10

Press Release

Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; Capital Punishment Ranked Lowest Among Budget Priorities

Death Penalty Information Center

10/4/10

Media Advisory

Fighting Crime in the U.S. and Internationally: Is the Death Penalty Necessary?
A Unique Conversation Between U.S. and European Law Enforcement - Oct. 13, 2010 National Press Club

Death Penalty Information Center

9/7/10

Press Release

New Picture Has Emerged of Woman Facing Imminent Execution in Virginia

Death Penalty Information Center

8/30/10

Press Release

The NC Racial Justice Act and the SBI Audit: The Risk of Executing the Innocent

Attorneys for Melvin White

7/22/10

Press Release

Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That ‘Race Matters’

University of Colorado at Boulder

3/11/10

Media Advisory

Critical DNA Evidence Untested As Texas Execution Nears

Death Penalty Information Center

1/18/10

Press Release

Death Penalty Costs N.C. Taxpayers $11 million a Year

Duke Sanford School of Public Policy

12/18/09

Press Release

DPIC’s Year End Report: Death Sentences in U.S. Lowest Since Death Penalty Reinstated in 1976

Death Penalty Information Center

11/25/09

Press Release

Public Advocate and Louisville Metro Chief Public Defender Call for Moratorium on Executions while ABA Reviews Administration of Death Penalty in KY

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy

11/12/09

Press Release

Leading Law Group Withdraws Model Death Penalty Laws

Death Penalty Information Center

10/20/09

Press Release

New Report Shows States Can Save Hundreds of Millions by Abolishing the Death Penalty

Death Penalty Information Center

7/13/09

Press Release

Two More Death Row Inmates Exonerated in Illinois and Florida

Death Penalty Information Center

6/15/09

Press Release

Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder, According to New Survey of America’s Leading Criminologists

Death Penalty Information Center

5/14/09

Press Release

Another Inmate Exonerated From Death Row as New Evidence Leads Tennessee to Drop Charges

Death Penalty Information Center

3/13/09

Press Release

New Mexico’s Legislature Votes to Abolish Death Penalty - Part of National Trend Away from Capital Punishment
En Español: LEGISLATURA DE NUEVO MEXICO VOTA POR ABOLICION
DE LA PENA DE MUERTE, HACIENDOSE ECO DE
TENDENCIA NACIONAL PARA ELIMINARLA

Death Penalty Information Center

12/11/08

Press Release

USE OF DEATH PENALTY SHRINKS AND BECOMES MORE MARGINALIZED IN 2008

Death Penalty Information Center

12/5/08

Press Release

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Releases Report on Death Penalty Developments in 2008

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

11/11/08

Press Release

Florida Inmate Facing Imminent Execution Despite Evidence of Witness Tampering by Prosecution

Death Penalty Information Center

10/27/08

Press Release

Exonerated Ex-Death Row Prisoners Call for Examination of Texas Death Penalty System

Witness to Innocence

8/18/08

Press Release

Texas Set to Execute Inmate under Texas “Law of Parties” who did not Actually Committ Murder

Texas Defender Service

8/11/08

Press Release

Presidency Declaration on Behalf of the European Union on the Execution of Mr. Jose Medellin in the United States (Texas)

Council of the European Union

6/25/08

Press Release

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Child Rape Unconstitutional

Death Penalty Information Center

5/1/08

Press Release

First Scheduled Execution Ending National Moratorium Is Based on False Evidence

Georgia Resource Center

4/16/08

Press Release

U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Kentucky’s Lethal Injection Process

Death Penalty Information Center

3/6/08

Press Release

Maryland Death Penalty Has Cost State Taxpayers More Than $186 Million

The Abell Foundation

1/08/08

Press Release

Kenny Richey Released: Ohio releases Richey weeks after New Jersey repeal for fears of executing innocent

Ohioans to Stop Executions

12/10/07

Press Release

HISTORIC DEATH PENALTY VOTE REFLECTS GROWING NATIONAL SHIFT AWAY FROM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Death Penalty Information Center

11/30/07

Press Release

SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN DEATH PENALTY CASE

Death Penalty Information Center

10/10/07

Press Release

SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HONORS ATTORNEYS PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES

Southern Center for Human Rights

6/28/07

Media Advisory

Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Columbus Dispatch and Ohio News Network to Receive Journalism Awards

Death Penalty Information Center

6/28/07

Press Release

Supreme Court Rules Texas Man with Severe Mental Illness May Not be Executed

Death Penalty Information Center

6/28/07

Press Release

Supreme Court Says that Texas May Not Execute Severely Mentally Ill Man

The Texas Defender’s Service

6/9/07

Press Release

Death Penalty Facing Crisis of Confidence with American Public, New Poll Finds

Death Penalty Information Center

2/26/07

Press Release

Panetti v. Quarterman Briefs Filed Today in US Supreme Court

The Justice Project

12/14/06

Press Release

USE OF DEATH PENALTY DECLINES IN 2006: Public Now Favors Life Without Parole, Lethal Injection Challenges Lead to Fewest Executions in a Decade, Death Sentences at 30-Year Low

Death Penalty Information Center

10/26/06

Press Release

Federal Court Poised to Issue Groundbreaking Ruling on Lethal Injection: Serious Problems Found in Methods Used Around the Country

Death Penalty Information Center

9/17/06

Press Release

Inconsistency Prevails in Lethal Injection Controversy
Many Inmates Executed While Others Are Spared

Death Penalty Information Center

6/27/06

Media Advisory

DPIC Resources Available as
30th Anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia Approaches

Death Penalty Information Center

6/23/06

Media Advisory

Author Michael Meltsner to Join DPIC in Bestowing 10th Annual Thurgood Marshall Journalism Awards
Awards honor excellence in coverage of capital punishment

Death Penalty Information Center

2/27/06

Press Release

JOHN BALLARD IS 123rd DEATH ROW INMATE FREED
Florida Man Acquitted of All Charges

Attachment: DPIC’s Supplement to the Record of Senate Subcommittee Hearings on the Death Penalty Regarding DPIC’s Innocence List

Death Penalty Information Center

12/21/05

Press Release

2005 MARKS EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF DEATH PENALTY CHANGE(En Espanol) DPIC’s Year End Report Reveals Record Low Death Sentences, Legislative Action, and Supreme Court Restrictions

Death Penalty Information Center

11/16/05

Press Release

Harold Wilson is the 122nd Death Row Inmate Freed
After 16 Years, Pennsylvania Man Acquitted of All Charges

Death Penalty Information Center

11/9/05

Press Release

U.S. Death Penalty Continues Steady Decline as 1000th Execution Approaches
Public Opinion, Executions, Death Sentences Drop as Public Skepticism Rises

Death Penalty Information Center

10/27/05

Press Release

New Report Examines Death Penalty Through Jurors’ Experience
“Blind Justice Details How Death Penalty Fails Jurors”

Death Penalty Information Center

8/15/05

Press Release

Two Cases Added to DPIC’s Innocence List, Bringing Total to 121

Death Penalty Information Center

4/25/05

Press Release

DEATH SENTENCES CONTINUED TO DECLINE IN 2004
In 2004, 125 people were sentenced to death the death, the fewest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Death Penalty Information Center

12/15/04

Press Release

DPIC ISSUES NEW INNOCENCE REPORT: 116 NOW FREED FROM DEATH ROW IN 25 STATES

Death Penalty Information Center

12/14/04

Press Release

DEATH PENALTY NUMBERS IN 2004 CONTINUE DRAMATIC FIVE-YEAR DECLINE

Death Penalty Information Center

8/11/04

Press Release

EXPERTS QUESTION “QUICK FIX” TO NEW YORK’S DEATH PENALTY

Death Penalty Information Center

8/9/04

Press Release

RYAN MATTHEWS IS 115TH DEATH ROW INMATE FREED

Death Penalty Information Center

6/24/04

Press Release

FULL RIGHT TO A JURY WILL NOT EXTEND TO OLDER CASES

Death Penalty Information Center

5/28/04

Press Release

GLARING DEFICIENCIES IN THE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM CONFIRMED AS ANOTHER INMATE IS FREED

Death Penalty Information Center

5/10/04

Press Release

EXECUTION WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS NEARS CRISIS STAGE

Death Penalty Information Center

2/24/04

Press Release

SUPREME COURT SAYS TEXAS DEATH ROW INMATE WHO CAME WITHIN MINUTES OF EXECUTION WAS DENIED RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL

Death Penalty Information Center

2/18/04

Press Release

ALAN GELL, NATION’S 113th DEATH ROW INMATE TO BE EXONERATED, WALKS FREE AS NORTH CAROLINA MORATORIUM DEBATE CONTINUES

Death Penalty Information Center

12/29/03

Press Release

DPIC 2003 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH ROW POPULATION, EXECUTIONS, DEATH SENTENCES, PUBLIC SUPPORT ALL DECLINE IN 2003

Death Penalty Information Center

9/15/03

Press Release

DOUBTS ABOUND IN UPCOMING TENNESSEE EXECUTION

Death Penalty Information Center

7/29/03

Press Release

DEATH ROW EXONERATIONS REACH RECORD NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Death Penalty Information Center

7/16/03

Press Release

DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF ITS SEVENTH ANNUAL THURGOOD MARSHALL JOURNALISM AWARDS

Death Penalty Information Center

5/30/03

Press Release

CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON JOINS DC TEENS FOR SUMMIT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Death Penalty Information Center

5/9/03

Press Release

LOUISIANA MAN IS NATION’S 108th DEATH ROW EXONEREE

Death Penalty Information Center

1/24/03

Press Release

ANOTHER FLORIDA DEATH ROW INMATE TO BE RELEASED AFTER STATE DROPS ALL CHARGES

Death Penalty Information Center

1/10/03

Press Release

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES, CRITICIZES STATE’S “BROKEN” DEATH PENALTY

Death Penalty Information Center

10/18/02

Press Release

2002 REPORT TRACES YEAR OF CHANGE IN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: DPIC’s Year End Report Examines Isolation of Death Penalty Use, Supreme Court Decisions, Reform Efforts

Death Penalty Information Center

10/15/02

Press Release

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN TEXAS DEATH PENALTY CASE ON RACIALLY BIASED JURY SELECTION

Death Penalty Information Center

8/27/02

Press Release

AWARD-WINNING DEATH PENALTY CURRICULUM AVAILABLE FOR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

Death Penalty Information Center

8/1/02

Press Release

KENTUCKY MAN IS NATION’S 102nd DEATH ROW EXONEREE

Death Penalty Information Center

7/17/02

Press Release

JOURNALISTS HONORED DURING SIXTH ANNUAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARDS

Death Penalty Information Center

7/9/2002

Press Release

SENATOR KENNEDY IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR DEATH PENALTY JOURNALISM AWARDS

Death Penalty Information Center

7/1/02

Press Release

JUDGE DECLARES FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS QUESTIONS OF INNOCENCE, FAIRNESS PERSIST

Death Penalty Information Center

6/24/02

Press Release

SUPREME COURT REQUIRES JURY PARTICIPATION IN DEATH SENTENCES

Death Penalty Information Center

6/20/02

Press Release

SUPREME COURT DECLARES EXECUTION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Death Penalty Information Center

5/6/02

Press Release

PENNSYLVANIA MAN IS 101st EXONERATED DEATH ROW INMATE

Death Penalty Information Center

4/15/02

Press Release

ILLINOIS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NATION’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE DEATH PENALTY REVIEW; RECOMMENDS SWEEPING CHANGES TO PROTECT INNOCENT, ENSURE FAIRNESS

Death Penalty Information Center

4/15/02

Media Advisory

ILLINOIS COMMISSION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO RELEASE LANDMARK REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY

Death Penalty Information Center

4/9/02

Press Release

100th DEATH ROW EXONEREE FREED IN ARIZONA

Death Penalty Information Center

1/3/02

Press Release

99th DEATH ROW EXONEREE TO BE FREED IN FLORIDA

Death Penalty Information Center

12/12/01

Press Release

2001 DEATH PENALTY REPORT FINDS 22% DECLINE IN EXECUTIONS, REFORM INITIATIVES GAINING GROUND

Death Penalty Information Center

11/30/01

Press Release

SHODDY REPRESENTATION, RACE BIAS NO BAR TO RECORD NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Death Penalty Information Center

8/23/01

Press Release

NORTH CAROLINA PREPARES TO EXECUTE INMATE REPRESENTED BY ALCOHOLIC ATTORNEY

Death Penalty Information Center

5/11/01

Press Release

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INEPT DEFENSE, AND BASIC UNFAIRNESS MAKE PENDING NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTION CLOSER TO THE NORM

Death Penalty Information Center

4/13/01

Media Advisory

LANDMARK NORTH CAROLINA STUDY OF RACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY TO BE RELEASED MONDAY

Death Penalty Information Center

3/5/01

Press Release

CONCERNS ABOUT AMERICA’S DEATH PENALTY POLICY RESONATE AS NATION APPROACHES 700th SCHEDULED EXECUTION SINCE REINSTATEMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Death Penalty Information Center

1/15/01

Press Release

IN RARE MOVE, FULL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WILL REVIEW DEATH ROW INMATE’S “SLEEPING LAWYER” CLAIM

Death Penalty Information Center

12/29/00

Press Release

TWO MORE DEATH ROW INMATES CLEARED, CAPPING A RECORD TWO-YEAR SPAN

Death Penalty Information Center

12/20/00

Press Release

2000 REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY FINDS WATERSHED YEAR OF CHANGE

Death Penalty Information Center