Press Room


Press Conference at the State Capitol in Sacramento

Media Inquiries

If you are a reporter and would like to arrange an interview or would like to know where to get more information on a death penalty related issue, please feel free to contact either of the people listed below.

Lance G. Lindsey
Executive Director
Office: 415-243-0143 or Cell: 415-290-0410

Stefanie L. Faucher
Associate Director
Office: 415-243-0143


Recent Press Releases [.pdf]

June 13, 2010
More Than 100 International Organizations Gathered in San Francisco to Oppose the United States’ Continued Use of the Death Penalty


April 12, 2010
Alec Baldwin, Paul Haggis, Sherry and Leo Frumkin, Richard Dieter and Sister Suzanne Jabro to be honored for opposing the death penalty


January 13, 2010
California Death Row Reaches 700


December 18, 2009
Death Sentences Reach Their Lowest Point Since 1976

California Bucks the National Trend with Nearly 50% Increase in New Death Sentences

December 15, 2009
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty moves closer to achieving worldwide abolition of the death penalty

Ten nations to adopt an important international protocol in 2010

October 20, 2009
New Report Shows States Can Save Hundreds of Millions by Abolishing the Death Penalty

National Poll of Police Chiefs Ranks the Death Penalty Last Among Crime-Fighting Priorities and Least Efficient Use of Taxpayers’ Money

October 8, 2009
World Day Against the Death Penalty to be marked around the globe on October 10


September 2, 2009
New Poll Shows Declining Support for the Death Penalty in CA; Innocent Man Executed in Texas


June 30, 2009
Hundreds to Testify in First-Ever Public Hearing on California’s Death Penalty

Hearing on Lethal Injection Will Set Next Steps for Capital Punishment in California

May 19, 2009
Governor Bill Richardson, Former Attorney General John Van de Kamp, and Former San Quentin Warden Jeanne Woodford to be honored for opposing the death penalty


March 18, 2009
New Mexico Becomes the 15th State to Eliminate the Death Penalty; Other States Consider Taking Similar Action to Ease Budget Concerns


December 11, 2008
DEATH SENTENCES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2008 SAYS DPIC REPORT

FIGURES IN CALIFORNIA REFLECT NATIONAL TREND

June 30, 2008
Survivors of Murder Victims Applaud Report on California’s Death Penalty

Commission Report Highlights Many Problems with California’s Death Penalty and Encourages Californians to Consider Alternatives

30 junio, 2008
Informe de la Comisión de California respecto a la Pena de Muerte marca a los costes excesivos, incluso a los costes de arreglar a las faltas del sistema actual

Partidarios de alternativas quieren que la Pena de Muerte se remplace por Encarcelamiento Permanente

June 30, 2008
Commission Report on California’s Death Penalty Points to Excessive Costs, including the Costs of Fixing the System’s Flaws

Advocates for alternatives call for replacing the death penalty with permanent imprisonment

June 10, 2008
State Auditor Finds Proposed Death Row Facility to Cost Millions More Than Originally Projected


March 27, 2008
47 Members of Law Enforcement from California Cite Problems with the Death Penalty and Call for Reforms

Letters to be delivered to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

March 26, 2008
Family Members of Murder Victims Called to Testify at Final Death Penalty Hearing in Santa Clara

Loved ones say execution is not the answer

16 de enero, 2008
EXONERADOS DEL PABELLÓN DE LA MUERTE Y FAMILIAS DE VICTIMAS DE ASESINATOS SE REUNEN PARA CONFERENCIA NACIONAL EN CONTRA DE LA PENA DE MUERTE


January 15 2008
MURDER VICTIMS’ FAMILY MEMBERS, DEATH ROW EXONEREES TO GATHER FOR NATIONAL ANTI-DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE

San Jose, January 17-20, 2008

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