Citing pro-life views and fiscal responsibility, the Kansas Federation of College Republicans unanimously adopted a resolution calling for repeal of the death penalty. The group urged Kansas legislators to pass repeal and joined ranks with the Republican Liberty Caucus of Kansas, who announced support for repeal last year. The Kansas Republican Party has also dropped… Continue reading College Republicans in Kansas endorse repeal
An interview with the director of EJUSA’s Trauma Advocacy Initiative
Last month, we introduced you to the expansion of our work to build a better justice system, including two new staff. I had the opportunity to sit down with one of them, Fatimah Loren Muhammad, and learn about her first few weeks, what a “trauma-informed” justice system means, and her vision for this first year.… Continue reading An interview with the director of EJUSA’s Trauma Advocacy Initiative
Connecticut Supreme Court puts a nail in the coffin of state’s death penalty
Three years ago, EJUSA joined our partners at the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty and a broad coalition of supporters to celebrate Connecticut’s repeal of the death penalty. Now, the Connecticut Supreme Court has taken things a step further and ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Repeal in Connecticut was prospective, meaning it only… Continue reading Connecticut Supreme Court puts a nail in the coffin of state’s death penalty
Campaign in Nebraska shifts focus to 2016 election
Last week, death penalty supporters in Nebraska submitted petition signatures to put repeal legislation in front of voters in the 2016 election. The signatures have now been sent to county clerks, who will attempt to verify them against registered voters in the next 40 days. The official numbers will come out in October from the Secretary… Continue reading Campaign in Nebraska shifts focus to 2016 election
Breaking: Nebraskans to vote on the death penalty
Today, a group of death penalty supporters submitted signatures for a referendum on death penalty repeal – enough to suspend repeal and put it on the November 2016 ballot if they are all verified. The media might tell you that this kills the repeal of the death penalty that you helped achieve this spring. They… Continue reading Breaking: Nebraskans to vote on the death penalty
Oklahoma again poised to execute Richard Glossip
June’s Supreme Court Decision in Glossip v Grossaddressed one small debate about a specific lethal injection protocol. It also opened the door to many new questions about the future of the death penalty and the likelihood that the Supreme Court will one day rule on the constitutionality of the policy itself. At the heart of… Continue reading Oklahoma again poised to execute Richard Glossip
The growing movement for criminal justice reform
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
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