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OK, I just ate lunch (yes at 4:39 PM) and I need a few minutes to digest before I dive into…

November 12, 2008

Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bell v. Kelly, a Virginia case that has important implications for death…

November 12, 2008

Excavating human remains, using forensic techniques to identify them, hoping the evidence will help bring the killers to justice--it may…

November 11, 2008

Isn't it a little unrealistic to think writing a letter asking a world leader to free one prisoner will really make…

November 11, 2008

Please be sure to take our new "100 Days Action," urging President-elect Obama to take three essential steps in the first…

November 11, 2008

On November 21, Kentucky is set to execute Marco Allen Chapman, who was sentenced to death for the murder of…

November 11, 2008

Every day across the world people make the difficult decision to leave their homes. War, persecution, environmental disaster and poverty…

November 10, 2008

On Saturday, November 8, Indonesia executed three men (Amrozi bin H. Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron, aka Mukhlas, and Imam Samudera) known…

November 10, 2008

While African and UN leaders today discuss the recent spike in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians…

November 7, 2008

I can sit in my ergonomic chair as I type, comforted not only by the lower back support, but by the knowledge that…

November 7, 2008

I was asked today about Amnesty International’s increasing calls for the UN Security Council to act to reinforce the peacekeeping force…

November 7, 2008

With all the patriotic spirit and flag-waving (and questions about lapel pins) that we've been seeing lately surrounding the Presidential…

November 7, 2008