Fewer Americans Supporting the Death Penalty
Is it that the State of Georgia executed an innocent man last month? Is it the dawning realization that the risk of executing an innocent person exists in many cases beyond Troy Davis? Is it that race cannot help but to seep into the consideration of...
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it’s ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice system ...
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Alabama Court Recognizes Miscarriage of Justice for ACLU Client
On September 30, 2011, a unanimous Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for ACLU client Montez Spradley. Spradley, a young African-American man, has always maintained his innocence in the 2004 murder of a 58-year-old white grandmo...
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Joining the Movement: Congress Takes Action to Abolish Federal Death Penalty
It's been more than a week now since the execution of Troy Davis. Protesters may no longer be standing vigil and the story may no longer be making front-page headlines. But one thing is certain: millions of Americans' eyes have been opened to the in...
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Racial Inequities Live On in Georgia
Twenty years ago this week, Warren McCleskey, an African-American man convicted of killing a white police officer in Atlanta, was executed in the state of Georgia. His case became famous for highlighting the gross racial discrimination in Georgia's...
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The Right to Life Denied: Death Penalty Violates the Constitution and International Law
Yesterday, in Warsaw, Poland, Jamil Dakwar of the ACLU Human Rights Program delivered a statement to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) addressing the continued use of capital punishment in the United States. The OSCE is t...
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Murder Victims’ Families Say No to More Killing
We heard a lot last week about the MacPhail family who wanted Troy Davis killed despite his innocence. But what about the loved ones of murder victims who oppose the death penalty? Why haven't we heard many, if any, media accounts from James Anderso...
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This Week in Civil Liberties (9/23/2011)
In memory of Troy Davis, what can you do to keep fighting for the innocent on death row? What did Ceara Sturgis’ principal try to force her to wear for her yearbook picture? What organizations are allowed to discriminate when hiring for governmen...
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Troy Anthony Davis: Victim of American Injustice
Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia last night at 11:08 PM, despite a worldwide movement over 1 million strong that drew attention to the glaring doubts of his guilt. With no physical evidence and a host of witness recantations, all indi...
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I AM TROY DAVIS
The state of Georgia has blood on its hands. Last night, Georgia strapped down an innocent human being and forced lethal poison into his veins until he died. In your name; in my name, unashamed and unhesitating. This case had most of the worst of w...
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