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 use the contact information below.

Chelsea Bond
Program Director
415-243-0143, chelsea@deathpenalty.org


Recent Press Releases [.pdf]

June 11, 2013 Judge Overrules Jury Recommendation of Death Penalty
Rare decision provides further evidence that California’s death penalty is dysfunctional and broken beyond repair

May 9, 2011
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Actress Hilary Swank, and TV Producer Thomas Schlamme to be honored for contributions to anti-death penalty movement

April 29, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown Cancels Plan to Build New Death Row
New Poll Shows 63% Voters Support Converting Death Sentences to Life Without Parole

March 9, 2011
Illinois Governor Signs bill to repeal the death penalty
Bipartisan action part of growing national trend away from the death penalty

October 4, 2010
Fighting Crime in the U.S. and Internationally: Is the Death Penalty Necessary?
A Unique Conversation Between U.S. and European Law Enforcement

September 23, 2010
Despite Public Objections- California Rushes Forward with Execution
Legal proceedings and uncertainties may continue through the set day of execution

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

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