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Texas Death Penalty Costs Soar Despite Historically Low Executions in 2025
Texas judges scheduled the fewest executions in at least three decades in 2025, but the state continues to spend millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing capital punishment despite persistent problems involving cost, geography, innocence claims, and racial disparities.
Ohio Man Exonerated after 12th Death Row Removal
Elwood Jones was exonerated from Ohio’s death row after Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich dismissed the case against him due to evidence that excluded him as the perpetrator and raised concerns about the integrity of the original prosecution.
Innocence Project Film Highlights Exonerees’ Struggles Post-Wrongful Incarceration
The Innocence Project released a new short film, “What I Didn’t Know,” which documents the emotional and practical challenges exonerees face as they rebuild their lives after decades of wrongful incarceration.
Death Penalty Opponents Launch Major Campaign Amid Execution Surge
The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital punishment, citing rising executions, political pressure, and a widening gap between public sentiment and state practices.
Rising Death Sentencing Tied to Republican Politics
The Economist reports that the US is executing people at double the rate compared to last year, with the rise attributed to Republican political ambitions and a decrease in court oversight of the death penalty.
New Jersey Court Decision Raises Hopes for Robert Roberson’s Case Review
Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death, may have a chance to retry his case after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that shaken baby syndrome testimony is inadmissible in trials due to lack of scientific evidence.
ACLU Report: Wrongful Death Penalty Convictions Driven by Racism, Misconduct and Systemic Failures
The ACLU released a report Wednesday outlining how wrongful convictions, especially of Black men, remain a predictable outcome of the nation’s death penalty system, due to racism, human error and systemic failures.
Public Support for Death Penalty Falls to 50-Year Low, Gallup Report Shows
Support for the death penalty in the United States has dropped to its lowest point in over 50 years, with 44% of Americans now opposing it, according to a new Gallup poll.
Austin Police Reexamine 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders after Wrongful Convictions Overturned
Robert Eugene Brashers has been identified as the sole suspect in the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders, and two men who were previously wrongfully convicted have had their convictions overturned.
Autism Experts Urge Texas to Halt Execution of Robert Roberson Over Wrongful ‘Shaken Baby’ Conviction
Autism advocacy groups, exonerees, and experts are urging Texas to halt the October 16 execution of Robert Roberson, an Autistic man convicted under the discredited “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis, citing overwhelming medical evidence that his daughter died from illness, improperly prescribed medications, and accident.
FJP Calls on Third Circuit to Affirm Prosecutors’ Role in Correcting Wrongful Convictions
Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) has filed an amicus brief in Johnson v. Superintendent, Mahanoy SCI, calling for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to rehear a decision that restricts prosecutors’ ability to exercise discretion and pursue justice when confronted with an unjust conviction.
Exonerees’ Plea to Halt Execution of Robert Roberson in Texas
Exonerees are urging the Texas courts to halt the execution of Robert Roberson and review new evidence in his case, warning that the state risks executing an innocent man based on the now widely debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis.
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 289: The Hidden Cruelties of Lethal Injection and the Death Penalty
Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book Secrets of the Killing State.
Commentary: When We Become the Monster
How the Criminal Justice System’s War on Evil Breeds Injustice We invoke the word evil in moments…
My View: The Machinery of Death Still Turns Despite Former Justice Breyer’s Prophetic Warning in Glossip
In February 2025, the United States Supreme Court did something rare: it vacated the conviction of Richard…
Vanderbilt Law School Announces New Innocence Clinic to Aid Wrongful Convictions
NASHVILLE, TN – Vanderbilt Law School has announced it is launching The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic…
Report: Racial Discrimination Still Remains Prevalent Among Jury Selections
MONTGOMERY, AL- The Equal Justice Initiative’s report, Unreliable Verdicts: Racial Bias and Wrongful Convictions, details the ongoing…
New York Conviction Integrity Units Failing Wrongfully Convicted
NEW YORK – New York’s Conviction Integrity Units (CIU) have been found to be inefficient and even…
Bar Association Calls for Easier Paths for Prosecutors to Remedy Wrongful Convictions
At the 2025 American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting in Phoenix, the ABA House of Delegates approved…