Alex M. HouchinApr 91 minIt's Official - Colorado is #22!Exciting news from our neighbors in Colorado: Governor Jared Polis has signed Senate Bill 100 into law, making Colorado the 22nd state to abolish the death p...
Alex M. HouchinMar 182 minCoronavirus Pandemic Demands a Halt to ExecutionsAs communities around the world brace for the deadly impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, swift and drastic changes to the basic realities of society a...
Alex M. HouchinMar 132 minAlabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite OutcryOn a recent Thursday, Nathaniel Woods took a single bite of a chicken leg quarter, then placed it back on his plate. The rest of the meal – sweet potatoes, ...
Amy PetersNov 26, 20182 minWhat’s Next for NADPPhoto Credit: Thia Hartley NADP is currently in a time of transition, as our Operations Coordinator Matt Maly has moved on to pursue other endeavors. We are ...
Matt MalyOct 24, 20171 minNew Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death PenaltyConservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal legislation across the country...
Steve GriffithSep 29, 20151 minCould we Execute an Innocent Man in 2015?Richard Glossip is the Oklahoma death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed September 16th, but received a last minute stay due to the many troubling q...
Stacy AndersonNov 12, 20141 minMurder Victim's Parents Tour NebraskaWe are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter, Shannon, was raped a...
Stacy AndersonNov 12, 20142 minVictims' Families Meet and GreetThose who have lost a loved one to murder are invited to this special “Meet & Greet” event and light dinner. Join us for a gathering of Nebraska murder victi...
Stacy AndersonOct 16, 20142 minMurder Victims' Parents Tour NEWe are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter, Shannon, was raped a...
Stacy AndersonOct 16, 20141 minOctober Frees Man Once Slated for ExecutionOn October 8th, Manuel Velez, who once faced execution by the State of Texas, was released from prison in Huntsville. After 9 years, he will be reunited with...
Ahmad ArraseefSep 18, 20141 minTwo New Death Row ExonerationsHenry McCollum and Leon Brown are now numbers 145 and 146 on the list of innocent people exonerated from death row since 1973, based on DNA evidence. After a...
Stacy AndersonSep 18, 20141 minJoin the I Am Troy Davis Book ClubI Am Troy Davis Community Book Club On September 21st, 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis was executed in spite of the signif...
Stacy AndersonAug 21, 20141 minNews from OhioIn January, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire, despite arguments that he would experience agony and suffering due to lethal injection protocol. The execution took...
Stacy AndersonAug 21, 20141 minMeet Our Annual Event Speaker: Frank ThompsonWe are excited to welcome Frank Thompson as the featured speaker at our Annual Reception and Silent Auction November 10th at Creighton University in Omaha. M...
Stacy AndersonAug 8, 20141 minBotched Arizona Execution Most Recent Death Penalty System FailureThe death penalty has made national news again, this time due to another botched execution in Arizona. Attorneys for inmate Joseph Wood challenged Arizona st...
Ahmad ArraseefJul 29, 20141 minRecent Opinion Piece Examines Problems of the Death PenaltyCharles Ogletree Jr., a Harvard Law Professor, recently wrote an opinion piece about the death penalty for the Washington Post. In his piece, Ogletree emphas...
Stacy AndersonJul 24, 20141 minA Broken SystemLast week, a federal judge in California ruled that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional. In Judge Cormac Carney’s opinion, he wrote, “Inordinate a...
Stacy AndersonMay 27, 20141 minCurtis McCarty Shares His StoryDeath row exoneree Curtis McCarty shared his story with three Nebraska communities last week, making stops in North Platte, Lexington, and McCook. Curtis sp...
Ahmad ArraseefMay 2, 20141 minNew Hampshire Comes Close to RepealTwo weeks ago, New Hampshire came within one vote of ending the death penalty. The state Senate voted 12-12 on a bill that would have repealed the death pena...
Ahmad ArraseefApr 21, 20141 minKansas Studies High Death Penalty CostsA new study by the Kansas Judicial Council has revealed a serious disparity in cost between regular trials and death penalty trials. The study, which examine...
