September 16, 2022: David M. Greenwald, The Davis Vanguard
Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UNRead More
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Prisoner Advocates Turn to the UN to End Extreme Prison Sentences
In a sharply worded complaint to UN special rapporteurs submitted on Thursday, advocacy groups call for an end to “death by incarceration” sentencing in the US
September 15, 2022: Victoria Law, The Nation
Prisoner Advocates Turn to the UN to End Extreme Prison SentencesRead More
The Graying of America’s Prison Population
June 23, 2022: Audrey Nielson, The Crime Report
RAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO CANADIAN SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” SENTENCES
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling striking down any and all impositions of “life without parole” prison sentences (“LWOP”). The Court found such sentences to be “cruel and unusual” and “incompatible with human dignity.” …
May 27, 2022: RAPP Statement
New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era
October 2021: Center for Justice at Columbia University
Against Life Without Parole
May, 2018: Judith Lichtenberg, Washington University Jurisprudence Review