Please join MCNY at an important event on February 25th, and take advantage of their offer to CCR supporters for discounted ticket prices by using code below. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will speak on a panel at the Criminal Justice in the 21st Century conference for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Brennan Center for...
David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center . When Herman Wallace died Oct. 4 at age 71, he had been a free man for about 2½ days. Before that, he spent 41 years in solitary...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will speak on a panel at MCNY about the Floyd trial and August decision from the judge. All members of the community are welcome to attend. On October 31,...
"My name is Kevin Cooper. I am a 55-year-old African American man on death row in California. I have been here, trying to prove my innocence, for 28 years. In 2004, I came within hours of being...
by Vincent Warren Originally published here . It is inhumane, fallible, expensive, and an ineffective crime deterrent. It is also no secret that the death penalty in the United States is carried out...
October 9, 2013, New York – Prisoners on California and Louisiana’s death row are being held in conditions that amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture under...
In May 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) undertook a fact-finding mission in California and Louisiana to evaluate the death penalty...
CCR is a proud co-sponsor of a community forum and participatory discussion about removing barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal justice system involvement. What: Community Forum...