Press Releases
about Capital Punishment
Aug 21, 2024
Closing Arguments Conclude in Landmark Lawsuit that Could Affect More than 100 People on North Carolina’s Death Row
RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorneys delivered closing arguments today in North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, a landmark case filed under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act that could affec...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Aug 03, 2024
ACLU Statement on Defense Secretary Austin Revoking Plea Deal for 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled prosecutors and Brig. General Susan Escallier, the Guantánamo military commission’s convening authority,...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 31, 2024
ACLU Statement on Plea Agreements with Three of the 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has today agreed to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty for the ACLU’s client, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in exchange for a guilty plea...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 19, 2024
ACLU Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight the Expansion of Mass Incarceration by a Second Trump Administration
The roadmap continues ACLU’s 2024 “Freedom is on the Ballot” election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Apr 09, 2024
Renowned Civil Rights and Legal Organizations File Petition Challenging California Death Penalty, Highlight Evidence Demonstrating Racial Discrimination
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Cou...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Mar 08, 2024
Historic Hearing Challenging Racial Bias in North Carolina’s Death Penalty Concludes with Overwhelming Evidence of Discrimination in Capital Cases
North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, the leading case filed under NC’s Racial Justice Act, could affect more than 100 people on death row
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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