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One of These Is Not Like the Other
(A) A white millionaire and (B) an indigent black man … Same state … Both convicted of capital murder … Which one do you think gets the death penalty? If…
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New Jersey: One Year Ago Today
One year ago today, Dec. 17, 2007, New Jersey Gov. John Corzine signed into law the bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. It was the first time in…
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Don't Forget the Victims in Georgia
“Now I don’t have a house. The weather is nice and I can sleep in the garden, but I don’t know what to do when the rain comes. Nobody is…
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Make Your Voice Heard for Change!
Change.org wants you to change our government. Inspired by President-elect Obama’s commitment to “open the doors of government,” Change.org is offering people an opportunity to send ideas to the incoming…
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Portugal’s Bold Initiative Highlights U.S. Hypocrisy on Guantanamo
Last week Portugal offered to accept some Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared for release by the Pentagon but who cannot return to their home countries. In a letter to…
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Human Rights Made Whole
Yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly marked Human Rights Day by unanimously adopting the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). This historic step fills in…
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Australia to join Internet Censors? U.S. Companies Can't Be Allowed to Help.
The New York Times reported yesterday that “[t]he Australian government plans to test a nationwide Web filtering system that would force Internet service providers to block access to thousands of…
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Maryland Commission Calls for Abolition
Today, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment made it official, formally recommending in its Final Report that Maryland repeal the death penalty. The report’s final recommendation concludes: “For all of…
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Capital Punishment Slowing Down
The Death Penalty Information Center has released its Year End Report (pdf) for 2008. It reveals clearly that the trend towards growing skepticism and diminishing (and more regional) use of…
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The Price of Silence
Anniversaries are a dime a dozen. We’ve got days for everything. Sled Dog Day. Bubble Gum Day. Ballet Day. Dump Your Significant Jerk Day. I’m not kidding. Today is different.…
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Are Last-Minute Stays of Execution a Form of Torture?
The practice of “mock execution”, where prisoners are led to believe they are going to be killed by their captors, only to be spared at the last minute, is widely…
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Happy Human Rights Day!
[caption id="attachment_512" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Manya Menapace, 81, of Pennsylvania, has already started writing letters for the Global Write-a-thon."][/caption] Today is a day when I feel especially grateful for all my…