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Another Death Row Exoneration, Another Reason to Repeal

Submitted by Emma on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 11:18.

Damon Thibodeaux was freed Friday after spending 16 years in a Louisiana prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

Damon Thibodeaux just became the 141st person to be exonerated from death row

Submitted by Emma on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 10:50.

Damon Thibodeaux was exonerated with DNA from a Louisiana after 15 years in solitary confinement.

Death Penalty Defenders: Underfunded, Overworked

Submitted by Nora on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:40.

In Louisiana a Public Defenders shortage is preventing the state from adequately representing indigent defendants facing the death penalty.

When Justice Isn't Color-Blind

Submitted by Emma on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 10:19.

A new study from Louisiana found that the odds of getting a death sentence are 97% higher for those charged with killing a white victim than for those charged with killing a black victim.

Bad Old Days Revisited

Submitted by Emma on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:30.
Image: lunch counter from the bad old days

Imagine a lunch counter where white people freely entered but black people were systematically turned away, being told it was because of their clothes, their hair, or the way they walked.

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