Allegations of Prosecutorial Bias Spark Review of Death Penalty Convictions in Alameda County. kqed.org/news/11983705/… KQED Annelise Finney AlCo DA's Office Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California Bend the Arc Legal Defense Fund #ErnestDykes

Prosecutors in California excluded Jewish and Black jurors, records suggest. AlCo DA's Office to review 35 death penalty cases after judge cites ‘pattern of misconduct.’ theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a… The Guardian Sam Levin Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California Legal Defense Fund ADL Jewish Council for Public Affairs Bend the Arc

Federal judge orders Alameda County to review death penalty cases following disclosure that prosecutors abused jury strikes to exclude Jewish and Black jurors. latimes.com/california/sto… Los Angeles Times Salvador Hernandez AlCo DA's Office Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California ColorOfChange Legal Defense Fund ADL

For context, Natl. Registry of Exonerations reported 244 homicide exonerations involving child victims. In 53 of those cases, there was no crime. 51 cases involved false or misleading forensic evidence. 19 were shaken baby cases. law.umich.edu/special/exoner… Witness to Innocence The Syndrome documentary Jessica S. Henry

Motion filed to block Texas from setting an execution date for Robert Roberson in junk-science shaken baby death penalty case. palestineherald.com/news/motion-fi… PalestineTX Herald PennyLynn Webb Witness to Innocence Texas Defender Service TCADP The Syndrome documentary Jessica S. Henry

Progressive Travis County district attorney faces removal attempt under Texas’ “rogue” prosecutors law. texastribune.org/2024/04/20/tex… Texas Tribune KUT Austin Becky Fogel Texas Defender Service TCADP Fair and Just Prosecution

Texas GOP Attack on Progressive District Attorneys Gets Hearing in Attempt to Oust Austin DA Jose Garza. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tex… Bloomberg Law Ryan Autullo Fair and Just Prosecution

For more on the manifestation of this phenomenon in death penalty cases, see Death Penalty Information Center's Nov. 2015 report, Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty. dpic-cdn.org/production/doc…

‘Consequences of War’–Veterans Incarcerated at Higher Rates and Face Longer Sentences. thewarhorse.org/military-veter… The War Horse Sonner Kehrt

Death penalty for child rapists clears final hurdle in Tennessee legislature, heads to governor’s desk. wkrn.com/news/tennessee… WKRN News 2 Erin McCullough TADP

Judge denies new sentencing hearing for 2 brothers on Kansas death row for ‘Wichita massacre.’ apnews.com/article/wichit… The Associated Press HeatherHollingsworth Jim Salter KCADP ACLU of Kansas #JonathanCarr #ReginaldCarr #deathpenalty

Landry’s Power Play Over Public Defense in Louisiana. boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-lo… Bolts Lauren Gill ABA Death Penalty Representation Project NACDL National Legal Aid & Defender Association Sixth Amendment Center The Promise of Justice Initiative LARepeal #deathpenalty

County judge denies Carr brothers’ request for new sentence in Kansas death penalty murder case. kansas.com/news/local/cri… kansasdotcom Chance Swaim KCADP ACLU of Kansas #JonathanCarr #ReginaldCarr

Here is the news release from the AlCo DA's Office’s office—Alameda County Death Penalty Cases Are Reviewed After Prosecutors Discover Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct Excluding Jewish and Black Residents from Jury Service in Death Penalty Cases. alcoda.org/alameda-county…

“It appears that certain prosecutors in the AlCo DA's Office’s Office intentionally excluded Black and Jewish jurors,” DA Pamela Price told reporters. The office is now reviewing all 35 death penalty cases in the county over the past 4 decades, she said. Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California

Every death case in Alameda County now in limbo because of potential prosecutorial misconduct in jury selection. kron4.com/news/bay-area/… KRON4 News Amy Larson AlCo DA's Office Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California ACLU of Northern CA Legal Defense Fund #California #deathpenalty

World death penalty news — Future of the death penalty in Taiwan to be determined by historic legal challenge. deathpenaltyproject.org/future-of-the-… DeathPenaltyProject End Death Penalty ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de mort) Taiwan Association for Human Rights ADPAN Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide

.AlCo DA's Office Pamela Price has issued a media advisory that she will be making an announcement today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time regarding death penalty cases in Alameda County. There are no further details on the nature of the announcement. Death Penalty Focus Smart Justice California

Alabama Supreme Court authorizes third execution this year. montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/202… MontgomeryAdvertiser Marty Roney PHADP Alabama Arise Equal Justice Initiative The Woods Foundation #KeithGavin #deathpenalty

Black People Pay a High Price for this Country’s Illusory Pursuit of Humane Executions. verdict.justia.com/2024/04/22/bla… Justia Verdict Austin Sarat Reprieve #deathpenalty