Tag: death penalty
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OK-CADP Hosts Debate & Annual Dinner featuring Center on Wrongful Convictions founder Rob Warden
The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) recently held two special events, co-hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project at the Nigh University Center on the UCO campus. A free Debate on “Why & How […]
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ABA Death Penalty Assessment Project Reviews Death Penalty Process in 12 States
Since 2003, the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Assessment Project has studied and reported on the death penalty in 11 states. From 2003 to 2007, the Death Penalty Assessment Project undertook its first series of assessments on the administration of […]
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U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors
From the Washington Post, July 17, 2013 By Spencer S. Hsu An unprecedented federal review of old criminal cases has uncovered as many as 27 death penalty convictions in which FBI forensic experts may have mistakenly linked defendants to crimes […]
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