EU Policy On The Death Penalty

Actions on US Death Row Cases

2007

Current Cases

Earlier Cases: 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998-1999

• For all American Bar Association US State reports, see: http://www.abavideonews.org/ABA340/index.php

• EU Council on New Jersey's Death Penalty Abolition; EU External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner; European Parliament President, December 17-19, 2007

• THE STATE OF THE DEATH PENALTY: EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEMS; Key Findings, Compliance Levels, and Executive Summaries; Charts, American Bar Association, October 2007

• THE STATE OF THE DEATH PENALTY: EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEMS: Key Findings, Compliance Levels, and Executive Summaries, October 2007; Chart: Compliance with ABA Policies

• EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY CASES: The Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Report; An Analysis of Pennsylvania's Laws, Procedures, and Practices, American Bar Association, October 2007

• EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY CASES: The Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report; An Analysis of Ohio's Laws, Procedures, and Practices, American Bar Association, September 2007

• Baze v. Kentucky: Letter to Kentucky Governor Fletcher, September 11, 2007

• Kenneth Foster v. Texas: Letter to Texas Governor Rick Perry; Letter to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, August 28, 2007

• EU Portuguese Presidency on 400th Execution in Texas, August 21, 2007

• José Medellin v. Texas: BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER, June 25, 2007; For additional actions, please see 2005 and 2004.

• Elijah Page v. South Dakota: Letters to South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds and to South Dakota Board of Paroles and Pardons, June 18, 2007; July 27, 2006 action on behalf of Mr. Page

• Robert Charles Comer v. Arizona: EU German Presidency OSCE Statement, May 18, 2007; Letter to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; Letter to Arizona Board of Executive Clemency, May 1, 2007

• EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEMS: The Tennessee Death Penalty Assessment Report; An Analysis of Tennessee’s Death Penalty Laws, Procedures, and Practices, American Bar Association, April 2007

• EU German Presidency Statement against the Death Penalty, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), April 19, 2007

• Carey Dean Moore v. Nebraska: Letter to Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, April 15, 2007

• James Lee Clark v. Texas: Letter to Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles, April 4, 2007

• EVALUATING FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN STATE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEMS: The Indiana Death Penalty Assessment Report; An Analysis of Indiana’s Death Penalty Laws, Procedures, and Practices, American Bar Association, February 2007

• Norman Timberlake v. Indiana: Letter to Indiana Governor; Letter to Indiana Parole Board, January 9, 2007