Newly released results from a Gallup poll revealed that 60 percent of Americans agreed that...
Death Penalty
75 Law Professors and Scholars Call on LA County DA to Stop Seeking the Death Penalty
On Wednesday, a group of more than 75 law professors and other legal experts issued an open letter...
Los Angeles DA Refuses to Break From Death Penalty Despite CA Moratorium
More than three months after California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the death...
Why the Death Penalty Has Lost Support From Both Parties
A generation ago, most Democrats and Republicans backed capital punishment. But in New Hampshire...
Following Passage of Prop. 66 and Efforts to Resume Capital Punishment in CA, ACLU Files Suit to Stall Executions
The ACLU of Northern California and the law firm Covington & Burling filed a lawsuit Tuesday...
“Chessman,” and the Death of Venida Browder
“CHESSMAN” PLAY DEPICTS POLARIZING DEATH ROW CASE IN CALIFORNIA A new play about an...