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capital punishment

This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped (or plan to help) us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. –Jean and Jim = = = = […]

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

News & Features

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

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by Jean Casella

October 26, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2013

News & Features

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

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hank Skinner’s Dispatches from Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2011

Texas Prepares to Execute Hank Skinner Without Testing DNA

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2011

Easter As a Story of Criminal Injustice

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Lane Nelson on Angola’s Death Row

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 5, 2011

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 9, 2011

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2010

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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

News & Features

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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Dead Man Killing Himself

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by Jean Casella

March 9, 2010

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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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