Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center @DPInfoCtr The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Joined June 2009
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Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's (@DPInfoCtr) new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
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DPI responds to President Trump’s call for mandatory death sentences in Washington, D.C. @nytimes @ChrisCameronNYT #deathpenalty #TrumpAdministration
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New DPI Report Examines the Legacy of Roper v. Simmons and Its Implications for 18- to 20-Year-Olds in Death Penalty Cases
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BREAKING ATTORNEY STATEMENT: #SCOTUS rules #RichardGlossip, innocent on Okla’s death row, is entitled to a new trial as a result of the trial prosecutors’ failure to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence to Mr. Glossip’s trial counsel. Read more here: tinyurl.com/2s3p44th
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In one of the most significant moves against capital punishment, President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole.
@WmBrangham speaks to @Robinmaher for more.
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We provided an exclusive look at one of the freed detainees' drawings of his torturous time in a CIA prison. They were shown at his sentencing proceedings but had never been made public.
--“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said his lawyer.
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Experts want to see full Arizona death penalty report: "The governor has swapped an eminently qualified retired judge's independent inquiry for some assurances from a corrections department overseen by a director with no experience in capital punishment."
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BREAKING: Baltimore jail healthcare will remain under independent monitoring as part of ACLU lawsuit, federal judge rules. The ruling deals a blow to efforts by @OAGMaryland, which has spent over $400K on a private law firm to try and exit the settlement thebaltimorebanner.com/commu…
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New: #RobertRoberson, lawmakers ask TX CCA to stay execution and consider evidence proving no crime occurred in his case. Roberson is scheduled for execution on Thurs. despite strong evidence of innocence and overwhelming support for clemency. More here: tinyurl.com/2n72as7a
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Just In: The office of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney has conceded it committed constitutional errors in #MarcellusWilliams case, including the mishandling of evidence that could have exonerated Williams. Read attorney statement here: tinyurl.com/4yeh8bb5
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A look inside a cell at the IMHU. Photo taken by @ck94117 during a February 2023 tour of the facility. ACLU's National Prison Project in 2022 called the IMHU “harshest and most deprived conditions we have ever encountered in any prison or jail in the United States."
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NEW: In the Baltimore jail’s mental health unit, some detainees are allowed out of their cells for only a couple of hours per week, according to newly found log books. The state’s private attorneys made those records go away. ACLU is asking for sanctions. thebaltimorebanner.com/commu…
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What's New — Discussions with DPIC Podcast: Legal Fellow Leah Roemer on the Politicization of the Death Penalty #deathpenalty #LethalElectionReport deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/di…
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Is a Texas man #RobertRoberson on death row for a crime that 'never occurred?’ Interview with author John Grisham and former detective Brian Wharton palestineherald.com/news/is-…
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BRKG: TX sets execution date for #RobertRoberson, an innocent man wrongly convicted under the debunked shaken baby hypothesis. His execution is opposed by a broad group incl. scientists, doctors, John Grisham, and the former lead detective. More here: tinyurl.com/3ce438zz
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Reaches 200th Exoneration from Death Row
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — As of July 1, 2024, 200 prisoners in the U.S. have been exonerated and freed from death row since 1973, demonstrating the serious risk of executing the innocent.
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#BREAKING - Texas has set an execution date for #RobertRoberson, a wrongfully convicted man with autism and a ninth grade education. So many people - from judges to scientists to John Grisham - have spoken out against his execution.
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New Amicus Briefs: Republican Attorney General, GOP Legislators Agree #SCOTUS Should Vacate #RichardGlossip’s Conviction tinyurl.com/4bjv8ba2
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Brian Dorsey exécuté mardi soir au Missouri malgré la mobilisation inédite de ses gardiens. «Si un jury avait réexaminé ce cas, il aurait trouvé de nombreuses raisons de le condamner à la prison à vie», selon @Robinmaher @DPInfoCtr | via @letemps letemps.ch/monde/ameriques/l…
