Last month, President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison, touring the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma. During his visit, he acknowledged that if it weren’t for the privilege of his family support, he could have ended up inside prison walls rather than inside the White House. The visit… Continue reading The growing movement for criminal justice reform
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Young liberty activists continue to question the death penalty
EJUSA’s Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP) project spoke to a standing room only crowd of young liberty activists at last month’s Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) National Conference. YAL members at the workshop learned more about the death penalty and the movement to end it. One participant approached EJUSA’s Marc Hyden after the… Continue reading Young liberty activists continue to question the death penalty
EJUSA bids farewell to longtime ally and advocate, North Carolina’s Steve Dear
After 18 years, Steve Dear will hang up his hat as executive director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP). When Steve started at PFADP, it was a statewide organization in North Carolina with just a few hundred determined supporters, mostly in the Raleigh-Durham area. Under Steve’s leadership, PFADP has grown to a… Continue reading EJUSA bids farewell to longtime ally and advocate, North Carolina’s Steve Dear
Justice, Reimagined
For 25 years, you’ve helped us tackle one of the most serious flaws in the U.S. justice system: the death penalty. We’re not done with that work. But you know what? We’re almost there. Really. So what’s next when we end the death penalty? We believe it’s not enough to just dismantle the parts of… Continue reading Justice, Reimagined
Narrow Supreme Court ruling gives glimpse at future of death penalty
On the last day of its spring session, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a long-anticipated death penalty case, Glossip v Gross. Though the case’s scope was narrow – only relevant to one drug used in a handful of state execution protocols – the oral arguments held in April unfolded with rare courtroom drama and… Continue reading Narrow Supreme Court ruling gives glimpse at future of death penalty
What’s next for the death penalty debate in Nebraska?
It’s hard to imagine that after all that work done to pass repeal in Nebraska, the debate over the death penalty is still not over. But it’s not. Why? Because some lawmakers are clinging so desperately to the death penalty that they are scrambling to get illegal execution drugs and trying to force the issue… Continue reading What’s next for the death penalty debate in Nebraska?
Addressing trauma to reduce mass incarceration
In an early-May issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin tells the story of one prosecutor’s effortsto combat mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on African Americans. In the story, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm comes to realize that racial disparities exist not only at the incarceration level but also in how the system… Continue reading Addressing trauma to reduce mass incarceration
Texas has not sentenced anyone to death in 2015
While Texas may seem like an outlier in the national trend away from the death penalty, even the Lone Star State is turning away from the antiquated, broken system. For the first time in more than 20 years, no jury in the previous 6-month period has imposed the death penalty. Read the full story in… Continue reading Texas has not sentenced anyone to death in 2015
Why do innocent people plead guilty?
Some recent high profile exonerations featured defendants who confessed to crimes they did not commit. One new study presents research into some of the causes of these “false confessions” by looking at cases where innocent people plead guilty and confessed to rapes they never actually committed. Read about the study in The Crime Report.
EJUSA joins the Sojourners #SummitForChange. Watch LIVE
EJUSA is thrilled and honored to be a part of this year’s Sojourner’s Summit for Change, starting this evening and going through noon on Saturday. National Organizer Heather Beaudoin was nominated to participate and selected from a pool of applicants to be a part of the conference in Washington, DC that brings together 300 global… Continue reading EJUSA joins the Sojourners #SummitForChange. Watch LIVE