REPRESENTATION: Kentucky Inmate Faces Execution Despite Sham Trial
Gregory Wilson is scheduled for execution in Kentucky on September 16, despite having been represented by woefully unqualified and unprepared attorneys in his death penalty trial. It took over a year...
View ArticleLETHAL INJECTION: Latest Foreign Supplier of Drugs for U.S. Executions...
When the sole U.S. supplier of a drug used by all death penalty states announced it was halting production earlier this year, many states turned to sources overseas. In particular, Nebraska obtained a...
View ArticleUpdate on Lethal Injection Issue
In a clear national trend, seven states (Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina) have used pentobarbital instead of sodium thiopental in their executions in 2011. The...
View ArticleNEW VOICES: Four Who Experienced a Family Murder Speak About the Death Penalty
Kathryn Gaines, Rita Shoulders, Ruth Lowe and Victoria Cox all had someone in their family murdered but all believe that a death sentence for the killers would only deepen their personal wounds....
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DPIC RESOURCES: New State Pages Now Available
DPIC is pleased to announce the completion of our State Information Pages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These state profiles provide historical and current information on the death...
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STUDIES: American Bar Association Releases Assessement of Kentucky's Death...
On December 7, the American Bar Association released a report assessing Kentucky's system of captial punishment and calling for a halt to executions in the state. The report was prepared by the...
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NEW VOICES: Former Kentucky Supreme Court Justices Call for Halt to Executions
Two former Supreme Court Justices in Kentucky and the President of the American Bar Association called for a suspension of executions in the state until its death penalty system is reformed. Writing...
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NEW VOICES: Kentucky Prosecutors Call for Death Penalty Reform
An Op-Ed signed by eleven current and former Kentucky prosecutors calls for reforms to Kentucky's death penalty, in light of the recent report issued by the American Bar Association. The ABA report was...
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NEW VOICES: Kentucky Human Rights Commission Recommends Death Penalty Abolition
On October 17, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, a state agency that enforces civil rights, unanimously passed a resolution in favor of ending the death penalty. The Commission urged the...
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Many States to Consider Death Penalty Abolition and Reform in 2013
As legislative sessions begin across the country, legislators in several states have proposed bills to abolish or reform the death penalty in 2013. In Alabama, Sen. Hank Sanders will introduce bills to...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Kentucky Case on Death Penalty Jury Instructions
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in White v. Woodall, a death penalty case from Kentucky, to be heard during the Court's next term. Robert Woodall pleaded guilty to capital...
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