Death Penalty

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June 26, 2012
OPINION - This week the U.S. Supreme Court scored a victory for reform in the criminal justice system...
May 25, 2012
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for…
April 11, 2012
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Within hours of shootings that terrified Tulsa's north side and left three people dead, leaders of…
April 5, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A proposal to abolish capital punishment in Connecticut has cleared a major hurdle with approval from…
April 3, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his last legal appeal...
March 14, 2012
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona is on pace to match its busiest year for executions since establishing the death penalty in…
February 14, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut's death penalty, hoping for an easier…
January 29, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first…
January 10, 2012
WASHINGTON - More anti-death penalty rallies are planned for January 16, Martin Luther King Day...
December 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time death sentences dropped to below a 100 in a single year, which is…
December 9, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story…
December 8, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly…
December 8, 2011
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and…
December 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black…
December 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death…
December 5, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions…
December 2, 2011
Martina Davis-Correia, the sister of late cause celebre death row inmate Troy Davis, has died, NAACP senior communications associate Derek…
November 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups including the NAACP and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) are fighting…
November 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve of the last 13 new death sentences obtained by the Texas Harris County District Attorney's Office…
October 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm…