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Bookmark or Share- Death Penalty Information CenterMental Illness December 5, 2024 Hidden Casualties: Executions Harm Mental Health of Prison Staff In March, Oklahoma officials asked the state’s high court to increase the time between executions from 60 to 90 days, citing the “lasting trauma” and “psychological toll” of executions on corrections officers. But Judge Gary Lumpkin dismissed these concerns, telling officials that prison ...
- Summary of the Kansas Death Penalty Cost Report by DPICKansas Death Penalty Cost Report Summary by Death Penalty Information Center The State of Kansas recently issued a report estimating the costs of the death penalty in that state: “ Performance Audit Report: Costs Incurred for Death Penalty Cases: A K‑ GOAL Audit of the Department of Corrections,” (December 2003). Conclusions
- DPIC Special Report: The Innocence EpidemicFrom Furman through February 15, 2021, 1, 532 prisoners have been executed in the United States. Prior to DPIC ’s death-row census project, it had been estimated that there had been one exoneration for every nine executions. The new data show that the ratio of exonerations to executions is even worse. For every 8. 28 death-row prisoners who are execut ...
- Hearings Begin on Constitutional Challenge to Kansas’ Death Penalty and ...On October 28, 2024, hearings began in Kansas’ Wyandotte County District Court regarding the constitutionality of the state’s death penalty and its capital jury selection process.A coalition of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, the ACLU of Kansas, the Kansas Death Penalty Unit, and the law firms Hogan Lovells and Ali & Lockwood brought the challenge.
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