On #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty we are thrilled to share some exciting news! Our exhibition 'Voices from Death Row: Art as a Form of Expression' is now on display at the Tap Social Movement's Botley venue! 🎨
New report by Dr. Amelia Inglis, 'Procedural Trauma, the Illusion of Closure and Myth of Consensus: Understanding Victim Experiences in Capital Punishment Cases' questions the argument that death penalty serves the needs of victims & their families. https://t.co/rDdbS8SxlQ
Thank you to the @DPRUOxford for summarising this recent report of mine, discussing co-victims' experiences of capital punishment, and written in collaboration with @DeathPenaltyP
How does the capital punishment process impact the families of victims of crime?
A new report by Dr Amelia Inglis (@InglisAmelia), published by @DeathPenaltyP, provides new evidence based on interviews with the families of murder victims in the U.S.
https://t.co/K4ynqBPsmy
🌟This #SmallCharityWeek we are delighted to announce @StandOut_HQ as a finalist of the 2025 CSJ Awards
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48% of users eligible for employment found stable employment within six months of release
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Keith LaMar, a wrongfully-convicted Black man in the US, teams up with world-renowned artist Molly Crabapple to share the story of how he was framed and sentenced to death following the Lucasville Prison Uprising at the SOCF in 1993. https://t.co/zk4jE429Hw
Next Weds 16th Oct, Matthew Goldberg, President of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, will speak at @BonaveroIHR Oxford (5-6pm, in-person/online), as the second in a three-part series of lectures rearticulating the global vision for abolition:
https://t.co/wCQhmBDKmY
📽️A taste of what you will see at the documentary screening on June 6th.🎥
"Fighting to Live, While Waiting to Die", by @billiemelissa_, hosted by the @DPRUOxford at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
RSVP: https://t.co/HtCvW1YW7r
📽️🎞️The @DPRUOxford is hosting a documentary screening on June 6th. Join us to watch @billiemelissa_'s 'Fighting to Live, While Waiting to Die', followed by a Q&A with the director, and after-screening refreshments.
RSVP: https://t.co/Y6ZUeSErKM
📣CALLING ALL STUDENTS! Announcing two fab events with the team from the Capital Punishment Clinic at @utaustintx.
14 March at 6pm: Amicus and DPRU co-hosting at @UniofOxford
15 March at 12:30pm: Amicus and City Law School co-hosting at @CityUniLondon
https://t.co/Uay898CwTv
“I’m leaving with love, peace and light,” were his last words. And then Kenneth Smith writhed & thrashed as the state suffocated him. Shame on us.
https://t.co/IDzSc1Rcd9
"I was absolutely alone in a room full of people, and not one of them tried to help me at all, and I was crying out for help." @ChiaraEisner talked to a man who survived an execution attempt — and will be the first ever killed with nitrogen, next week. https://t.co/Y7mljZrFsY
Today we are delighted to launch the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU) Annual Report 2022-23, with updates on our latest activities, our current research projects - including Indonesia, Kenya and the Middle East - and our wider impact and engagement work: https://t.co/lHTWZFwekH
400 handmade Christmas cards for men serving time in @HMPBullingdon
Thx to students & staff of @UniofOxford & @WolfsonCollege who volunteered to spread some kindness this holiday season
A small way I can give back to my field of study and the men who trust me with their stories
“After all I have learned about Mr. Speers [sic], I respectfully request that his sentenced be changed to life in prison where hopefully he can continue to help others and make amends for his past crimes.”
*NEW* DPRU Blog post
@OxfordCrim DPhil candidate Lucrezia Rizzelli @LucreziaRizzel1 reflects on the 'Voices from Death Row' art exhibition she co-organised in Oxford in May, showcasing artworks created by death row inmates from around the world:
https://t.co/G0W0P11MV2
Oxford University invited us to be part of an incredible art exhibition that brought together artwork from death row. Exhibition took place at @UniofOxford & the audience was able to listen to the music we created with @FREEKeithLaMar
Thank you @InglisAmelia for inviting us #art