Robert Dunham
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Special counsel @PhillipsBlackPr; Director, DP Policy Project; adjunct prof. @TempleLaw. B.A. @Penn; J.D. @GeorgetownLaw. Formerly @DPInfoCtr Exec. Dir.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined November 2014
My latest DP3 analysis — Executions are Up but the Sky is Not Falling. The execution frenzy by death penalty zealots has not translated to increased public support for the punishment. @8thAmendmentPro @WCADP @AssoECPM @DeathPenaltyAct
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Alabama’s nitrogen execution is ‘like watching somebody drown without water,’ widow says at hearing. @aldotcom @MikeCasonAL @PHADP @AlabamaArise @eji_org #AnthonyBoyd #deathpenalty.
al.com
A federal judge is hearing witnesses in death row inmate Anthony Boyd's challenge to Alabama's new way of carrying out the death penalty.
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With Robert Roberson's execution pending in Texas, experts, junk-science exonerees reject shaken baby syndrome. @TPRNews @DavidMartinDavi @cifsjustice @innocence @WTIUSA @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG #deathpenalty.
tpr.org
The Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences is calling on Texas authorities to prevent what they say is the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson. Roberson is scheduled to die on October 16.
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In the past 25 years, the number of Americans who believe the death penalty is morally acceptable has declined by 7 percentage points. Only one other practice has had a larger decline in moral acceptability over that time period: medical testing on animals. @8thAmendmentPro
Gallup has released a new analysis of its 25 years of polling on moral and cultural values, looking at Trends in U.S. Adults' Acceptance of Moral and Values Behaviors. @Gallup @Frank_Newport #deathpenalty.
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Gallup has released a new analysis of its 25 years of polling on moral and cultural values, looking at Trends in U.S. Adults' Acceptance of Moral and Values Behaviors. @Gallup @Frank_Newport #deathpenalty.
news.gallup.com
Americans have become more liberal on many moral and values issues over the past quarter century, but with some signs of a leveling off in recent years.
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The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab. @nytimes @ezraklein.
nytimes.com
The legal scholar Kate Shaw discusses Donald Trump’s recent winning streak with the Supreme Court and what it means for the state of the Constitution.
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Execution moves forward as questions linger around Indiana’s lethal injection drugs. Gov. Mike Braun said the state expects to have more pentobarbital by October’s scheduled execution. @INCapChronicle @SmithCaseyA @INAbolition #RoyWard #deathpenalty.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
With just weeks until Indiana's third scheduled execution in less than a year, debate continues around the state’s supply of execution drugs.
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The California Supreme Court has vacated Jason Aguirre’s death sentence finding that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to prove the gang-murder special-circumstance that made him eligible for the death penalty. @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA
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California Supreme Court decisions could impact decades of gang-related sentencing enhancements. @AP @CalMatters @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA #JasonAguirre #deathpenalty.
apnews.com
The California Supreme Court handed down two decisions last week that could impact decades of sentencing for gang-related offenses and allow thousands of people to petition courts to reexamine their...
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The Summer 2025 Death Row USA from @NAACP_LDF is now posted on LDF's website. Here's the link. @8thAmendmentPro @WCADP @AssoECPM @amnestyusa @DeathPenaltyAct
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Florida Supreme Court affirms trial court's denial of death-row prisoner Jesse Bell's postconviction claims. @FLDeathPenalty @MelKalEsq @FADPorg #deathpenalty
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Update on David Pittman’s death warrant litigation: Appeal filed at Florida Supreme Court. @FLDeathPenalty @MelKalEsq @FADPorg #deathpenalty.
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Utah Supreme Court puts execution on hold, giving Ralph Menzies new competency hearing. @KSLcom @acluutah @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm #deathpenalty.
ksl.com
The Utah Supreme Court Friday ruled that a judge erred by not giving death row inmate Ralph Menzies a new competency hearing. His scheduled execution next week is now on hold.
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Menzies’ attorneys said that “his dementia has significantly worsened [since the last competency evaluation.] He’s tethered to an oxygen tank, uses a wheelchair, is confused and disoriented, and no longer understands why the State of Utah is trying to kill him.” #deathpenalty.
Utah death row prisoner Ralph Menzies wins appeal, Sept. 5 execution called off. @UTNewsDispatch @kyle_dunphey @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm #deathpenalty.
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Utah death row prisoner Ralph Menzies wins appeal, Sept. 5 execution called off. @UTNewsDispatch @kyle_dunphey @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm #deathpenalty.
utahnewsdispatch.com
Ralph Menzies' execution, scheduled for Sept. 5, was called off after the Utah Supreme Court said he needs another competency evaluation.
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Idaho plans for firing squad executions — aiming to keep prison staff from rifles. @IdahoStatesman @kfixler #deathpenalty.
idahostatesman.com
Five U.S. states allow shooting prisoners to death, but Idaho will be the only one to make it the primary method for executions.
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Utah Case Shows Inadequacy of Supreme Court Decisions Concerning Who Is “Competent’ to Be Executed. @VerdictJustia @ljstprof @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm @acluutah #RalphMenzies #deathpenalty.
verdict.justia.com
Amherst professor Austin Sarat explores the importance of competency in death penalty cases, focusing on whether individuals like Ralph Menzies—who suffer from dementia and cannot comprehend their...
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Trump’s DC Death Penalty Crusade Threatens More Tyranny of the Minority. @CatoInstitute.
cato.org
Washington’s decision to abolish the death penalty is no legal obstacle to Trump because the federal government prosecutes DC murders. The question isn’t who will bring the cases—it’s who would try...
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Judge orders new trial for Christopher Barbour, who has been on death row in Alabama for 31 years. @AP @WTIUSA @innocence @PHADP @AlabamaArise @eji_org #deathpenalty.
apnews.com
A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama man on death row who argued that DNA evidence shows he's innocent. Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C.
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North Carolina Civil Rights Giant James E. Ferguson II Dies at 82. @nytimes @samrob12 @NCCADP @innocence.
nytimes.com
He helped litigate a landmark school desegregation case before the U.S. Supreme Court and overturn wrongful convictions of Black defendants in North Carolina.
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