Oklahoma prepares for state’s first double execution since 1937
Article by: SEAN MURPHY , Associated Press Updated: April 24, 2014 – 5:05 PM OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma plans to hold its first double execution in nearly 80 years, Gov. […]
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Rob Warden, co-founder of Center on Wrongful Convictions, believes death penalty abolition is possible
By Darla Shelden City Sentinel, April 23. 2014 The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) and the University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project recently co-hosted two events […]
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UCO debates Oklahoma Justice Commission
By James Coburn – Edmond Sun, April 14, 2014 EDMOND — A 1-percent chance that an innocent person could be executed for murder is justification to end capital punishment, said […]
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Chilling Testimony Of Death Row Executioners
At some point for Fred Allen, something snapped. He’d done one too many. He broke. Years had gone by, but he could still picture the eyes of every inmate he’d […]
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OK-CADP Holds Brian Darrell Davis Clemency Press Conference
OKLAHOMA CITY –The Brian Darrell Davis Clemency press conference sponsored by the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) a state affiliate of the National Coalition to Abolish the […]
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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is a grassroots membership organization working to end the death penalty in Oklahoma. We are a statewide organization which engages in outreach, education, […]
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Watch videos of OCU debate and Rob Warden speech at OK-CADP Annual Membership Dinner
The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s 23rd Meeting & Awards Dinner featured guest speaker Rob Warden, executive director and co-founder of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern […]
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Clayton Lockett & Charles Warner Executions in Oklahoma Are Stayed
New York Times, By ERIK ECKHOLM, APRIL 21, 2014 The Oklahoma Supreme Court stayed the imminent executions of two murderers late Monday, ending a Kafkaesque legal showdown in which courts […]
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U.S. Death Penalty Support Lowest in More Than 40 Years
Sixty percent of Americans say they favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, the lowest level of support Gallup has measured since November 1972, when 57% were in favor. Death […]
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11th World Day Against the Death Penalty – 10-10-13
World Day Against the Death Penalty was launched in 2003 by the Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and has been held on 10 October every year since then. The day […]
continue reading →Death penalty falling, but not in Oklahoma
By Dan Holtmeyer Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — States use the death penalty less and less often across the country, and some have even dropped it altogether, but Oklahoma likely […]
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