Last night’s execution of an innocent man, Troy Anthony Davis, by the State of Georgia demands that we renew efforts to end the death penalty. “Troy’s execution, the exceptional unfairness of it, will only hasten the end of the death penalty in the United States,” wrote Ben Jealous of the NAACP last night. “The worldContinueContinue reading “We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help”
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We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help
Last night’s execution of an innocent man, Troy Anthony Davis, by the State of Georgia demands that we renew efforts to end the death penalty. “Troy’s execution, the exceptional unfairness of it, will only hasten the end of the death penalty in the United States,” wrote Ben Jealous of the NAACP last night. “The worldContinueContinue reading “We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help”
The Death Penalty and North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act
By Abby Bar-Lev On August 11, 2009, North Carolina Governor Perdue took an affirmative step in providing racial justice advocates a tool to ferret out racial bias in the criminal justice by signing the North Carolina Racial Justice Act. The Racial Justice Act, the product of a concerted effort by legislators and racial justice advocates, provides defendants in capital casesContinueContinue reading “The Death Penalty and North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act”