Just days before the 25th anniversary of McCleskey v. Kemp, a North Carolina judge today ruled that racial bias impacted the death penalty conviction of Marcus Robinson and re-sentenced him to to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. This was the first case applying the historic and ground-breaking Racial Justice Act, enacted by the NorthContinueContinue reading “Judge Finds Racial Bias in Death Penalty Sentencing of North Carolina Man”
Category Archives: Death Penalty
Eva Paterson: ‘When the Death Penalty Gets Personal’
Eva authored this guest post on Jan. 11 for the SAFE California Campaign site. My fiancé, Steve Henry, was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 25, 1997. As bizarre as this may sound, one of the thoughts I had as the initial shock wore off, was “Well, am I still against the death penalty?” My answerContinueContinue reading “Eva Paterson: ‘When the Death Penalty Gets Personal’”
HuffPost: ‘An Innocent Man on Death Row’
This piece by EJS President Eva Paterson was originally published Dec. 6 on The Huffington Post. Anthony Graves, father of three and an African American man with no violent past, was on death row in Texas for more than a decade despite his innocence before being exonerated. Now, Anthony spends his time speaking out aboutContinueContinue reading “HuffPost: ‘An Innocent Man on Death Row’”