Skip to main content arrow-down arrow-tail-right arrow-triangle-right calendar camera compass download email eye facebook flag mail phone pin play send square-right tag twitter youtube badge message

DPP Talk Series 2015: 'The Changing nature of the Death Penalty Debates: A Case Study from Colorado' By Professor Michael Radelet

  • Events
  • 11 Feb 2015

 How the death penalty has been defended has undergone significant changes since the mid-1970s, when most of the existing death penalty statutes in the U.S. were drafted. Most of the major death penalty arguments have been undermined or totally debunked, in large due to empirical social science research.  Looking specifically at Colorado, Mike will discuss how some of the top issues today, especially botched executions and a renewed call for secrecy, have their roots in debates that go back over 100 years.

 

About Mike Radelet

Mike started to work on death penalty issues in 1979 when he was on the faculty at the University of Florida, where, among other things, he went through last visits with approximately 50 inmates on the eves of their executions.  His research has focused primarily on erroneous convictions, executing the mentally ill, racial disparities in death sentencing, and families of homicide victims in cases where the homicide has not been solved by the police.  He is currently finishing a book on the history of the death penalty in Colorado.

 

Date: 16th February 2015

Time: 6pm-7pm, with drinks to follow

Venue: The Death Penalty Project, 8-9 Frith Street, W1D 3JB

 

RSVP to [email protected]

Latest news

Privy Council quashes murder convictions in Jamaica, highlighting the importance of fair trial rights
Read More
Focus on Africa podcast - Why African countries are saying no to the death penalty
Read More
Zimbabwe's Cabinet backs proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty
Read More
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty: Dignity. Justice. International Symposium on the Right to Life - Taiwan Death Penalty Prison Interview Project
Read More
BLOG: Human Rights Day 2023 – Challenging the myth of public support for the death penalty
Read More
Life After Death Row: interview with Wenceslaus James
Read More
Sunshine Today T & T: "I heard my cell mate executed"
Read More
Attorney to Government: Make up your mind about the death penalty
Read More
Longest serving death row prisoner in T&T released by High Court
Read More
Death row inmate released after resentencing - FREED AFTER 30 YEARS
Read More
Longest serving death row prisoner in T&T released by High Court
Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Longest serving death row prisoner in Trinidad & Tobago released by High Court
Read More
UK Pro bono week – interviews with DPP’s network
Read More
Pressure mounts for Kenya to abolish death penalty
Read More
2023: 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty
Read More
“Serious breach of procedural fairness” - excessive manslaughter sentence quashed in The Bahamas
Read More
Ghana Web: Alban Bagbin praised for repeal of death penalty
Read More
IBAHRI commends abolition of the death penalty - Ghana
Read More
CLA Statement: Commending the Zambian and Ghanaian Governments for Abolishing the Death Penalty
Read More
The Week: Ghana abolishes the death penalty
Read More

Stay up-to-date with our work