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Henry McCollum, who was released from prison in North Carolina along with his half-brother after DNA evidence exonerated them in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
News October 24, 2017
Innocent, Disabled and Vulnerable
A judge protects an exonerated man from his lawyer.
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News January 18, 2017
How Obama Disappointed on the Death Penalty
Two commutations this week was less than many had hoped for.
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Case in Point September 22, 2016
Is a Life in Solitary “Cruel and Unusual?”
In Pennsylvania, the heart of solitary confinement reform, an intellectually disabled inmate says he’s been held in wretched isolation for 36 years.
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Angel Campos Nava, right, was brought to the Franklin County Courthouse in Russellville, Ala. in April, 2013.
News September 22, 2016
How Mexico Saves Its Citizens from the Death Penalty in the U.S.
A fund is designated to train, pay and advise American defense lawyers.
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Commentary November 18, 2015
Five Things Wrong With Georgia’s Death Penalty
On the eve of the next execution, a look at the state’s history of bad lawyering and faulty evidence.
By Sara J. Totonchi
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