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Among Biden’s main executive orders, he will order that federal executions be halted. Read Here

President Joseph Biden is the first occupant of the Oval Office in American history to openly and publicly oppose the death penalty and advocate its

A House bill seeking abolish the death penalty in Virginia was introduced by lawmakers in the General Assembly. Backed by Governor Northam, the bill was

Justice Sotomayor offered a fierce dissent before the Trump Administration carried out its 13th Federal Execution since July.  Read Here

Early Saturday the Trump administration executed Dusting Higgs. Mr. Higgs was convicted and condemned for killing three women in 1996. With a sworn affidavit by

“We need to do everything in our power to root out white supremacy in all its forms, and that includes ending the death penalty for

This week, Donald Trump sanctioned the execution of the only woman on federal death row: Lisa Montgomery. She was the 11th prisoner to be killed

Trump’s increase in federal executions exposes the racism, classism, inability to deter crime, and high cost of capital punishment. Read Here

Lisa Montgomery’s first experiences of sexual abuse occurred indirectly when she was three years old. She would lie in bed at night beside her beloved

“The idea of execution promises catharsis. The reality of it delivers the opposite, a nauseating sense of shame.” Read Elizabeth Bruenig’s Op-ed in the New