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Death Penalty:
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of civil liberties. In the past 35 years, 130 inmates were found to be innocent and released from death row. The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is fighting for the end of the death penalty by supporting moratorium and repeal movements through public education and advocacy. We are engaged in systemic reform of the death penalty process, and case-specific litigation highlighting some of its fundamental flaws.

Death Penalty Information Center's 2006 Year-End Report
The report reveals a broad decline in the use of the death penalty in the U.S. based on a number of factors: the public now favors life without parole over the death penalty; the number of executions has dropped to the fewest in a decade, in part because of challenges to the lethal injection process; and the annual number of death sentences is now at a 30-year low.
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Death Penalty : Death Penalty Facts : Resources

Off-Site Resources for News and Information on Capital Punishment (01/25/2007)

Death Penalty : Death Penalty Facts : Fact Sheets

The Death Penalty: Questions and Answers (04/09/2007)

Death Penalty 101 (04/09/2007)
National Death Penalty Fact Sheet

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