News & Commentary about Capital Punishment

The Capital Punishment Project works toward the repeal of the death penalty in the United States through strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and training programs for capital defense teams.
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Dec 14, 2012
Velez Hearing Day 3: A Portrait of Constitutionally Inadequate Counsel

Dec 13, 2012
Day 2 of Velez Hearing: State’s Witness Dismantles State’s Timeline Theory

Dec 12, 2012
Day 1 of Velez Innocence Hearing: A Family Comes to Court for Justice

Dec 10, 2012
Could Manuel Velez be the 13th Prisoner Exonerated from Texas’s Death Row?

Nov 28, 2012
New Film Highlights the Gross Injustices of the West Memphis Three Case

Oct 16, 2012
VICTORY! One Less Person Faces Execution in Alabama

Oct 4, 2012
Texas Court Upholds Death Sentence of Innocent Man Although "There is Something Very Wrong" with Case Against Him