“Recommended this week” features highlights from the past week in news about the death penalty, crime survivors, and trauma-informed responses to crime. Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need it?, Brave New Films EJUSA believes restorative justice can transform our justice system. Now a new film by Brave New Films explains why. The Death Penalty Is Finally Dying. Here’s… Continue reading Recommended this week
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New federal VOCA guidelines broaden scope of eligible groups and services
Last month, the federal Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) released revised guidelines for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding. The new guidelines are the result of public feedback and developments within victim services over the last 15 years. Some of the new guidelines recognize the marginalization of underserved survivors and are a step… Continue reading New federal VOCA guidelines broaden scope of eligible groups and services
New resource: Fact sheet on racial inequality and the death penalty
Last month, EJUSA Campaign Strategist Ben Jones wrote a powerful post about the history of racial oppression in the U.S. death penalty. The post was so popular, we decided to create a fact sheet with the material. You can now find the information in our ‘Learn’ pages, where you can download a formatted version to… Continue reading New resource: Fact sheet on racial inequality and the death penalty
Recommended this week
“Recommended this week” features highlights from the past week in news about the death penalty, crime survivors, and trauma-informed responses to crime. Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away, Associated Press The end is near. Executions are on track to hit a 25-year low in 2016. Colorado Rep Don Pabon on John Fugelsang’s ‘Tell Me Everything’,… Continue reading Recommended this week
Families of murder victims call for Duval County, Florida to suspend the death penalty
Families of murder victims from across the country are calling on the Duval County State Attorney’s Office to demand a halt to the county’s use of the death penalty due to the harm it inflicts on surviving families. 55 family members signed a letter released today by EJUSA and Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (MVFR). “The… Continue reading Families of murder victims call for Duval County, Florida to suspend the death penalty
Death Penalty Harms Murder Victims’ Families: Victims’ Families Voice Concerns about Death Penalty in Duval County
All of us have suffered the tragedy of losing a loved one to murder. We intimately understand the deep pain caused by such loss and the challenges that families face in rebuilding their lives. Our criminal justice system must be responsive to the needs of murder victims’ families. Sadly, Duval County’s use of the death… Continue reading Death Penalty Harms Murder Victims’ Families: Victims’ Families Voice Concerns about Death Penalty in Duval County
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“Recommended this week” features highlights from the past week in news about the death penalty, crime survivors, and trauma-informed responses to crime. Are Evangelicals Ditching the Death Penalty?, The Marshall Project Another sign of how the U.S. is changing on the death penalty: Evangelical Christians are turning against it. Heather Beaudoin, our Director of Evangelical Outreach quoted in… Continue reading Recommended this week
Unconstitutional – an update from CCATDP
The latest sign that the death penalty is falling out of favor comes from Delaware, where earlier this month, the State Supreme Court struck down Delaware’s capital punishment statute as unconstitutional. The Court found that judges rather than juries wielded far too much power in determining who received a death sentence. The Delaware Attorney General… Continue reading Unconstitutional – an update from CCATDP
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“Recommended this week” features highlights from the past week in news about the death penalty, crime survivors, and trauma-informed responses to crime. Evangelical Leaders Call for Halt to Texas Execution Demand New Sentencing Hearing for Jeff Wood, The Gospel Herald Evangelical Leaders Call for Halt to Texas Execution, Evangelicals for Social Action Evangelicals urge halt to Texas execution, Baptist News Global… Continue reading Recommended this week
He didn’t kill anyone, but TX is about to execute him
Texas is scheduled to execute Jeff Wood on August 24, 2016, even though he never killed anyone, had no previous criminal history, and suffers from borderline intellectual functioning and mental illness. Although Wood was involved in a robbery, he didn’t plan to kill anyone and wasn’t even inside the gas station when the victim, Kris… Continue reading He didn’t kill anyone, but TX is about to execute him