Press Releases
about Capital Punishment
Nov 18, 2019
Settlement Reached to End Permanent Solitary Confinement for People Sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, and counsel Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Kairys, Rudovsky, Mess...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Prisoners' Rights
Oct 17, 2019
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Take Nikko Jenkins’ Execution Case
LINCOLN, Neb. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a notorious death penalty case from Nebraska. The ...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jul 25, 2019
ACLU Statement on Justice Department Reinstating Broken Federal Death Penalty System
DURHAM, N.C. — The Department of Justice today announced it would resume the federal death penalty, which has not been used in this country since 2003. Cassandra Stubbs, director...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 18, 2019
ACLU Calls on District Attorney Lacey to Eliminate Death Penalty Sentencing in Los Angeles
New Data Show County's Death Sentences Characterized by Racial Bias, Unfit Lawyers
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Apr 11, 2019
New Hampshire State Senate Votes to Repeal the Death Penalty
Follows State House of Representatives with Vote of More Than Two-Thirds Majority
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Feb 22, 2019
ACLU Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Find Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Funding Disparities Between Counties Leads to Extreme Inequities, Numerous Committees Find
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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