NOVEMBER 7TH! Inside the Staircase: Lies, Fake Science & The Owl Theory comes to the Keswick Theater in Glenside. Get your tickets to see David Rudolf, Jerry Buting, Larry Krasner and our co-director Marc Bookman before they sell out!
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Thursday's ruling makes Washington the 20th state to abolish capital punishment. According to the ACLU, this state supreme court is the third to do so citing concerns about racial disparities, along with Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Thank you to everyone who attended our happy hour event last week! More exciting networking events to come!
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Shawn Nolan of the Philly Capital Habeas Unit joins host, Colin Miller, to discuss jury impeachment in the case of death row inmate, Charles Rhines.
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The film adaptation tells the true story of Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan), a young lawyer fighting for equal justice in a flawed legal system.
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John Oliver explains how prosecutors use, or in some cases misuse, their power within our criminal justice system and why it’s important to know whether or not your district attorney is a dog.
“If the law permits this execution to go forward in spite of the horrific final minutes that Irick may well experience, then we have stopped being a civilized nation and accepted barbarism. I dissent.”
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Pope Francis has declared the death penalty wrong in all cases, a definitive change in church teaching that is likely to challenge Catholic politicians, judges and officials.
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Pennsylvania's death penalty bears an exorbitant price tag due to an exceptionally high rate of reversals and dysfunction.
Read MoreThe best lawyers in the Defender Association spent hours in Stu’s office; but you didn’t dare enter unprepared. And even if you were as prepared as you thought humanly possible, you left having more to do.
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Pennsylvania is heading toward a gubernatorial election that, among other things, will be a referendum on the death penalty.
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While life sentences actually mean what they say, death sentences in Pennsylvania have no connection to actual executions.
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Long-awaited report finds cause for grave concern in the current state of the death penalty in Pennsylvania.
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Government Report highlights a myriad of problems with death penalty system in PA.
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Marc Bookman takes a broad look at the essentiality of fairness in the courtroom, even in a case where it isn't convenient.
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Larry Krasner, the "unelectable progressive", is Philadelphia's new District Attorney.
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Read how Brenda Andrews (pictured above) is sentenced to death in Oklahoma. Hint: it's got less to do with her culpability, and lots more to do with her thong collection and bedside reading material.
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