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death penalty

• According to the Hartford Courant, Judge Stefan Underhill has called the conditions “unconstitutional” for people held on Connecticut’s death row. While Connecticut has abolished capital punishment, a “compromise law” passed in 2012 mandated that in the absence of the death penalty, those sentenced to death must be held in solitary confinement for the rest of […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 18, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 27, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 22, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 29, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 16, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 29, 2021

News & Features

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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Fates Worse Than Death?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 3, 2014

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

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Lawsuits Challenge the Cruelty of Decades in Solitary Confinement on Death Row

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by Aleks Gilbert

October 10, 2017

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2017

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2019

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2020

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2021

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2015

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Connecticut Votes to Replace the Death Penalty with Life in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 12, 2012

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2014

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Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 7, 2010

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

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Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway

August 8, 2013

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2012

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2011

Texas Prepares to Execute Hank Skinner Without Testing DNA

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2011

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The Torture of Troy Davis

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 21, 2011

Easter As a Story of Criminal Injustice

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2011

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 9, 2011

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