Thank You, Gavin Newsom, From a Death Row Inmate

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Mar 25, 2019 In calling for a moratorium on executions, the California governor has shown tremendous moral courage. He has my eternal gratitude. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Death Penalty Debate Takes a Turn Toward Sanity

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 14, 2019 California’s governor hasn’t solved all the capital punishment system’s ills, but he has given its opponents cause for celebration. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Governor to Place Moratorium on Death Penalty in California

DON THOMPSON / The Associated Press Mar 12, 2019 Gavin Newsom calls it discriminatory and "a failure" in announcing his order to halt executions, a reprieve for 737 condemned inmates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Who Is Kevin Cooper?

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Jan 21, 2019 After being defined by so many others in unrecognizable terms, it’s time to set the record straight. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: Bring Back the Corporate Death Penalty

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Jan 7, 2019 When big companies engage in criminal harm to the public, they deserve serious punishment. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

California Gov. Brown Orders New DNA Tests in Kevin Cooper Case

KATHLEEN RONAYNE and DON THOMPSON / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 24, 2018 Death row inmate Cooper and his attorneys say the tests will show he was framed for the killings of four people in 1983. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Is America ‘Civilized’? Not as Long as It Sanctions the Death Penalty

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Oct 24, 2018 The ongoing support of capital punishment belies this country’s claim to having moved past the primitive stage of human development. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lying With a Straight Face

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Sep 3, 2018 Wrongly convicted prisoners assert their innocence, and research backs them up, yet some politicians and law enforcement officials continue to propagate lies and prop up an unjust system. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

German Drug Company Sues Nebraska Over Use of Drugs for Lethal Injection

Ilana Novick Aug 9, 2018 Anti-capital-punishment advocates have an unlikely new ally in their fight against the death penalty: pharmaceutical companies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

John Oliver: Prosecutors Can Ruin Lives in a Second (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2018 The "Last Week Tonight" host outlines why "we need to find out who our district attorneys are and get a sense of the policies and priorities that they're carrying out where we live." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Calls Death Penalty Unacceptable in All Cases

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Aug 2, 2018 The pontiff has approved a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church—the compilation of official Catholic teaching—to say that capital punishment constitutes an "attack" on the dignity of human beings. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How a Death Row Inmate Made Injustice Pay Off

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jun 28, 2018 After being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending 41 years at Angola prison in Louisiana, Gary Tyler has become a community leader in the struggle for justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )