The Poetry of Wiley Bridgeman
Wiley Bridgeman was exonerated after spending 39 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. We are thrilled to share some of his poetry.
by Death Penalty Focus
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Guest Posts
Guest Column: Robyn Barbour
by Robyn Barbour
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Tsarnaev verdict shows three fatal flaws of death penalty
by Margo Schulter
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Parents of Murdered Daughter Speak Out Against the Death Penalty
"On January 10, 2001, our only daughter, Laura, was murdered while home on winter break from college"
by Amanda and Nick Wilcox
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The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity
In its ruling in Hall v. Florida in May, the court — with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the helm — reminded us that the core value animating the Eighth Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishments clause is the preservation of human dignity against the affront of unnecessarily harsh punishment.
by Charles Ogletree
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