Post-Election Roundup
As the dust continues to settle from the November 3rd general election two weeks ago, some new realities are starting to come into focus....
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Alex M. Houchin
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
Last Words of Dustin Honken
Dustin Honken was executed by the federal government on the afternoon of Friday, July 17, the third such killing in a long and...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Federal Government to Resume Executions
In a statement released June 15, United States Attorney General William P. Barr announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has begun...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
It'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...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
Coronavirus Pandemic Demands a Halt to Executions
As communities around the world brace for the deadly impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, swift and drastic changes to the basic...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite Outcry
On 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...
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Amy Peters
- Nov 26, 2018
- 2 min
What’s Next for NADP
Photo Credit: Thia Hartley NADP is currently in a time of transition, as our Operations Coordinator Matt Maly has moved on to pursue...
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Matt Maly
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
New Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty
Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal...
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Steve Griffith
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min
Could 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...
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Stacy Anderson
- Nov 12, 2014
- 1 min
Murder Victim's Parents Tour Nebraska
We are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter,...
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Stacy Anderson
- Nov 12, 2014
- 2 min
Victims' Families Meet and Greet
Those 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...
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Stacy Anderson
- Oct 16, 2014
- 2 min
Murder Victims' Parents Tour NE
We are honored to host Vicki and Sylvester Schieber on a speaking tour through Nebraska this December 7-10th. Their beautiful daughter,...
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Stacy Anderson
- Oct 16, 2014
- 1 min
October Frees Man Once Slated for Execution
On October 8th, Manuel Velez, who once faced execution by the State of Texas, was released from prison in Huntsville. After 9 years, he...
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Ahmad Arraseef
- Sep 18, 2014
- 1 min
Two New Death Row Exonerations
Henry McCollum and Leon Brown are now numbers 145 and 146 on the list of innocent people exonerated from death row since 1973, based on...
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Stacy Anderson
- Sep 18, 2014
- 1 min
Join the I Am Troy Davis Book Club
I Am Troy Davis Community Book Club On September 21st, 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis was executed in...
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Stacy Anderson
- Aug 21, 2014
- 1 min
News from Ohio
In January, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire, despite arguments that he would experience agony and suffering due to lethal injection...
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Stacy Anderson
- Aug 21, 2014
- 1 min
Meet Our Annual Event Speaker: Frank Thompson
We are excited to welcome Frank Thompson as the featured speaker at our Annual Reception and Silent Auction November 10th at Creighton...
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Stacy Anderson
- Aug 8, 2014
- 1 min
Botched Arizona Execution Most Recent Death Penalty System Failure
The death penalty has made national news again, this time due to another botched execution in Arizona. Attorneys for inmate Joseph Wood...
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Ahmad Arraseef
- Jul 29, 2014
- 1 min
Recent Opinion Piece Examines Problems of the Death Penalty
Charles Ogletree Jr., a Harvard Law Professor, recently wrote an opinion piece about the death penalty for the Washington Post. In his...
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Stacy Anderson
- Jul 24, 2014
- 1 min
A Broken System
Last week, a federal judge in California ruled that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional. In Judge Cormac Carney’s opinion, he...
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