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At a recent public debate of California’s competing ballot initiatives on the death penalty, Paul Pfingst, a former district attorney for San Diego County and a supporter of Prop 66, spoke abou...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/race-and-the-death-penalty-just-a-bunch-of-racists/

Troy was on death row for over two decades before he was finally executed. In that time he became a leader himself in the movement to end the death penalty, with his steadfast spirit and unshakea...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/troy-davis-5-years-on/

By Savannah Fox, Field Organizer Five years ago today, on September 21st, I became an activist. I didn’t sign my first petition or attended my first rally. I found my passion, my anger and my h...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/death-5-years-later-troy-daviss-legacy/

As death sentences and executions dwindle around the country and most states are abandoning the death penalty, a few states are determined to keep executions rolling. Top of the list is Texas, th...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/deathpenalty/jeffrey-wood-is-scheduled-for-execution-on-august-24th-but-he-didnt-commit-murder/

To mark 1 June – International Children’s Day – Raha Bahreini from our Iran team describes how Amnesty has managed to raise awareness about the death penalty and save juvenile offenders fro...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/saving-young-lives-from-execution-in-iran/

In a significant ruling from the Supreme Court yesterday, the Court reversed the conviction and death sentence of a Georgia man on the basis that prosecutors intentionally discriminated by exclud...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/foster-v-chatman-ruling-reverses-death-sentence-on-the-basis-of-racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection/

Officials at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are doing everything they can to jumpstart executions after over a decade without them—and with the largest de...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/dont-let-california-jumpstart-executions/

Today, Amnesty International released its annual report on the use of the death penalty worldwide. 2015 was a year of extremes – the number of executions worldwide skyrocketed, but here in the...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/10-reasons-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/

There is a growing call from the Black community throughout the nation for reform of the criminal justice system. We hear the bellowing of the now-famous phrase “Black Lives Matter” because B...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/death-penalty-repeal-if-not-now-when/

By Nassra al-Ahmed, mother of Ali al-Nimr Ali al-Nimr was just 17 when he was arrested on 14 February 2012 a few months after taking part in anti-government rallies. He was sentenced to death, d...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/my-heart-is-exhausted-a-mothers-story-of-death-row-in-saudi-arabia/