Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UN
September 16, 2022: David M. Greenwald, The Davis Vanguard
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 …
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 …
New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era
Center for Justice at Columbia University This report compiles and analyzes data on in-custody deaths in New York State between 1976 and 2020 and offers policy recommendations for curtailing the …
Against Life Without Parole
May, 2018: Judith Lichtenberg, Washington University Jurisprudence Review Read Here