Robin M. Maher

Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center @DPInfoCtr

The George Washington University Law School

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's (@DPInfoCtr) new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
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DPI responds to President Trump’s call for mandatory death sentences in Washington, D.C. @nytimes @ChrisCameronNYT #deathpenalty #TrumpAdministration

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New DPI Report Examines the Legacy of Roper v. Simmons and Its Implications for 18- to 20-Year-Olds in Death Penalty Cases

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Thank you to @CBSNews for the opportunity to talk about new concerns with use of the death penalty. @DPInfoCtr @annaschecter https://t.co/Z9ezDnN9hr

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

BREAKING ATTORNEY STATEMENT: #SCOTUS rules #RichardGlossip, innocent on Okla’s death row, is entitled to a new trial as a result of the trial prosecutors’ failure to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence to Mr. Glossip’s trial counsel. Read more here: https://t.co/tPb6UJ1g0v

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North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper commutes the death sentences of 15 men. With President Biden's 37 federal commutations, 2024 ends with more than twice the number of death sentence commutations (52) than executions (25). https://t.co/523zV5ERcM

[PBS News @NewsHour]

In one of the most significant moves against capital punishment, President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole.

@WmBrangham speaks to @Robinmaher for more.

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[Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenberg]

We provided an exclusive look at one of the freed detainees' drawings of his torturous time in a CIA prison. They were shown at his sentencing proceedings but had never been made public.
--“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said his lawyer.
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[Jimmy Jenkins @JimmyJenkins]

Experts want to see full Arizona death penalty report: "The governor has swapped an eminently qualified retired judge's independent inquiry for some assurances from a corrections department overseen by a director with no experience in capital punishment."
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[Ben Conarck @conarck]

BREAKING: Baltimore jail healthcare will remain under independent monitoring as part of ACLU lawsuit, federal judge rules. The ruling deals a blow to efforts by @OAGMaryland, which has spent over $400K on a private law firm to try and exit the settlement https://t.co/DWD9YRGUCK

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

New: #RobertRoberson, lawmakers ask TX CCA to stay execution and consider evidence proving no crime occurred in his case. Roberson is scheduled for execution on Thurs. despite strong evidence of innocence and overwhelming support for clemency. More here: https://t.co/tjlUHK3LPQ

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

Just In: The office of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney has conceded it committed constitutional errors in #MarcellusWilliams case, including the mishandling of evidence that could have exonerated Williams. Read attorney statement here: https://t.co/93zd2SkS31

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68 Human Rights Organizations Express Support for Iranian Prisoners’ “No Death Penalty Tuesdays” Abolition Movement Entering Its 31st Week https://t.co/2bzXhVCZ7F

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

A look inside a cell at the IMHU. Photo taken by @ck94117 during a February 2023 tour of the facility. ACLU's National Prison Project in 2022 called the IMHU “harshest and most deprived conditions we have ever encountered in any prison or jail in the United States."