Feb 17, 2022
The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg As a minority vote on an increasingly pro-death-penalty court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke up for truth in the only available way open to her: “I dissent.” For us that means that our argument, at the present time, may seem to be only a...Jan 7, 2013
Although I live in New Orleans it’s not often I have a chance to give a talk there, so I’m delighted that later on this month I’ll be home and talking about Christians as Catalysts Against the Death Penalty. While I’ve been traveling the...Nov 6, 2012
Dear Californians, Today, among your many awesome responsibilities, you have the opportunity to end your state’s death penalty, a penalty that is cruel and wasteful in every sense. If you don’t already know the facts, head over to Safe California and find...Oct 9, 2012
Did an interview with Barbara Bradley Hagerty for All Things Considered on NPR. It should be airing today,… http://t.co/3fcVuWki #Feb 6, 2012
I was part of something special on Saturday night. I spent an evening with Lida and Hala and Maria and Frishta and Mohsan and Eraj. Six Afghan children visiting the USA from their parwarishga in Kabul, accompanied by two of their teachers. Parwarishga is an Afghan...Nov 30, 2011
Today, the Pope made one of his strongest statements in support of the elimination of the death penalty. He was addressing the members of the wonderful Catholic Sant’Egidio Community on the theme “No Justice Without Life”, when he said that he...Oct 24, 2011
I’ve been in Oregon for the past week, talking to groups of people around the state. On Saturday, I headed to Occupy Portland, one of the largest and best organized of the Occupy events happening across the nation, to witness this wonderful expression of the...May 14, 2011
On May 11, I spoke on a panel at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with Professor Vincent Harding and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Sidney Burris, moderator of the panel, began by asking the three of us to share what led us onto the path of nonviolence, and he...Feb 7, 2011
A victory today for all of us who seek to hold our governments accountable for human rights abuses. Former President George W. Bush has had to cancel his trip to Switzerland this week because he faces the threat of arrest if he enters the country. A group of...Aug 20, 2010
Here, the results indicate that the odds of receiving a death sentence in a Black victim case are on average 97.3% lower than are the odds of a death sentence in a White victim case (i.e., 1-.027 or 97.3 %), controlling for the other variables in the analysis. - Glenn...