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July 13, 2023
Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
July 13, 2023
Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 15, 2022
Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Cotton Demands Answers from DOJ About Reversal in Death Penalty Case
Sen. Tom Cotton
March 4, 2022
Pressley Statement on Supreme Court's Reinstatement of Death Penalty
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
Aug. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pressley, Espaillat, Colleagues Urge Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
Aug. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Bush Leads House Colleagues in Urging Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 1, 2021
Statement from Rep. Pressley on DOJ Moratorium on Federal Executions
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
May 12, 2021
Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, ...
March 9, 2021
Cotton, Herrell Bill Allows Death Penalty for Cop-Killers
Sen. Tom Cotton, ...
March 9, 2021
Congressman Gooden Sponsors Legislation to Allow Death Penalty for Cop-Killers
Rep. Lance Gooden
Jan. 22, 2021
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Bush, Pressley Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, ...
Jan. 22, 2021
Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer Urges President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences
Rep. Dwight Evans, ...
Jan. 19, 2021
Calling for the Abolition of the Federal Death Penalty
Rep. Haley Stevens
Jan. 12, 2021
Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 9, 2020
Senators Booker and Durbin call for President Trump to issue a commutation reducing the sentence of Brandon Bernard, who is scheduled to be executed this Thursday, December 10
Sen. Cory Booker
Nov. 13, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, ...
Nov. 13, 2020
Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 14, 2020
Letter to Thomas Kupiec, Chief Executive Officer of ARL Bio Pharma, Stephen Arpie, Director of Absolute Standards Inc., Michael Pruett, Co-Chief Executive Officer of DynaLabs LLC, and Ross Caputo, President of Eagle Analytical Services Inc. - Raskin, Pressley Condemn Federal Execution, Demand Documents on Pentobarbital
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Dec. 6, 2019
Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer
Sen. Tom Cotton
Oct. 29, 2019
Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2019
Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Raskin's Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Aug. 14, 2019
Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons - Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions
Rep. Ayanna Pressley
July 31, 2019
Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2019
Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 26, 2019
Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
July 25, 2019
Congressman Biggs' Statement on DOJ's Announcement on Capital Punishment
Rep. Andy Biggs
July 25, 2019
Bass, Nadler Statement on DOJ Reinstating the Federal Death Penalty
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2019
Cotton Statement on Restoration of Federal Death Penalty
Sen. Tom Cotton
July 25, 2019
Watson Coleman on Justice Department's Decision to Resume Executions
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
June 26, 2019
Sen. Cruz: "Brunei's Sharia Penal Code Is Inhumane and Immoral, and This Vote Is an Important Statement That the Senate Is United Against These Human Rights Violations'
Sen. Ted Cruz
May 18, 2017
Just Now: House Passes Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act
Rep. Vern Buchanan
May 18, 2017
I Voted No on the Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115)
Rep. Dwight Evans
May 16, 2017
Daines Introduces Back the Blue Act
Sen. Steve Daines
April 27, 2017
Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Passes Key Committee
Rep. Vern Buchanan, ...
Jan. 10, 2017
Buchanan Urges Crackdown on Cop Killers after Orlando Shooting
Rep. Vern Buchanan
April 27, 2016
Matsui-Johnson DXM Abuse Prevention Act Passes as Part of Energy & Commerce Committee Action on Substance Abuse Crisis
Rep. Doris Matsui, ...
Dec. 7, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Statement on Capital Punishment
Sen. Pete Ricketts
Nov. 19, 2015
Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Executive Business Meeting
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Oct. 30, 2015
Sanders Statement on Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Sen. Chuck Grassley
May 27, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Condemns the Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015
Nebraskans React to Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Vetoes Death Penalty Repeal
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 20, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Statement for Senators Ahead of Death Penalty Vote
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 19, 2015
Crime and Punishment
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 15, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Reacts to the Legislature's Vote to Advance the Death Penalty Repeal
Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 14, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Announces Purchase of Death Penalty Drugs
Sen. Pete Ricketts
April 16, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Reacts to Death Penalty Repeal Advancement
Sen. Pete Ricketts
April 15, 2015
Gov. Ricketts, Attorney General Peterson, & Mayor Jean Stothert React to Crime, Corrections Proprosals
Sen. Pete Ricketts
April 14, 2015
Protect Public Safety
Sen. Pete Ricketts
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July 13, 2023
Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
Rep.Ayanna Pressley
July 13, 2023
Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 15, 2022
Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Cotton Demands Answers from DOJ About Reversal in Death Penalty Case
Sen.Tom Cotton
March 4, 2022
Pressley Statement on Supreme Court's Reinstatement of Death Penalty
Rep.Ayanna Pressley
Aug. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pressley, Espaillat, Colleagues Urge Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
Aug. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Bush Leads House Colleagues in Urging Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty
Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 1, 2021
Statement from Rep. Pressley on DOJ Moratorium on Federal Executions
Rep.Ayanna Pressley
May 12, 2021
Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty
Rep.Ayanna Pressley, ...
March 9, 2021
Cotton, Herrell Bill Allows Death Penalty for Cop-Killers
Sen.Tom Cotton, ...
March 9, 2021
Congressman Gooden Sponsors Legislation to Allow Death Penalty for Cop-Killers
Rep.Lance Gooden
Jan. 22, 2021
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Bush, Pressley Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences
Rep.Bonnie Watson Coleman, ...
Jan. 22, 2021
Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer Urges President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences
Rep.Dwight Evans, ...
Jan. 19, 2021
Calling for the Abolition of the Federal Death Penalty
Rep.Haley Stevens
Jan. 12, 2021
Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 9, 2020
Senators Booker and Durbin call for President Trump to issue a commutation reducing the sentence of Brandon Bernard, who is scheduled to be executed this Thursday, December 10
Sen.Cory Booker
Nov. 13, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period
Rep.Ayanna Pressley, ...
Nov. 13, 2020
Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 14, 2020
Letter to Thomas Kupiec, Chief Executive Officer of ARL Bio Pharma, Stephen Arpie, Director of Absolute Standards Inc., Michael Pruett, Co-Chief Executive Officer of DynaLabs LLC, and Ross Caputo, President of Eagle Analytical Services Inc. - Raskin, Pressley Condemn Federal Execution, Demand Documents on Pentobarbital
Rep.Jamie Raskin
Dec. 6, 2019
Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer
Sen.Tom Cotton
Oct. 29, 2019
Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2019
Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Raskin's Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions
Rep.Jamie Raskin
Aug. 14, 2019
Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons - Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions
Rep.Ayanna Pressley
July 31, 2019
Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2019
Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 26, 2019
Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019
Rep.Adriano Espaillat
July 25, 2019
Congressman Biggs' Statement on DOJ's Announcement on Capital Punishment
Rep.Andy Biggs
July 25, 2019
Bass, Nadler Statement on DOJ Reinstating the Federal Death Penalty
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2019
Cotton Statement on Restoration of Federal Death Penalty
Sen.Tom Cotton
July 25, 2019
Watson Coleman on Justice Department's Decision to Resume Executions
Rep.Bonnie Watson Coleman
June 26, 2019
Sen. Cruz: "Brunei's Sharia Penal Code Is Inhumane and Immoral, and This Vote Is an Important Statement That the Senate Is United Against These Human Rights Violations'
Sen.Ted Cruz
May 18, 2017
Just Now: House Passes Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act
Rep.Vern Buchanan
May 18, 2017
I Voted No on the Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115)
Rep.Dwight Evans
May 16, 2017
Daines Introduces Back the Blue Act
Sen.Steve Daines
April 27, 2017
Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Passes Key Committee
Rep.Vern Buchanan, ...
Jan. 10, 2017
Buchanan Urges Crackdown on Cop Killers after Orlando Shooting
Rep.Vern Buchanan
April 27, 2016
Matsui-Johnson DXM Abuse Prevention Act Passes as Part of Energy & Commerce Committee Action on Substance Abuse Crisis
Rep.Doris Matsui, ...
Dec. 7, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Statement on Capital Punishment
Sen.Pete Ricketts
Nov. 19, 2015
Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Executive Business Meeting
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Oct. 30, 2015
Sanders Statement on Criminal Justice Reform
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Sen.Chuck Grassley
May 27, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Condemns the Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015
Nebraskans React to Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Vetoes Death Penalty Repeal
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 20, 2015
Gov. Ricketts' Statement for Senators Ahead of Death Penalty Vote
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 19, 2015
Crime and Punishment
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 15, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Reacts to the Legislature's Vote to Advance the Death Penalty Repeal
Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 14, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Announces Purchase of Death Penalty Drugs
Sen.Pete Ricketts
April 16, 2015
Gov. Ricketts Reacts to Death Penalty Repeal Advancement
Sen.Pete Ricketts
April 15, 2015
Gov. Ricketts, Attorney General Peterson, & Mayor Jean Stothert React to Crime, Corrections Proprosals
Sen.Pete Ricketts
April 14, 2015
Protect Public Safety
Sen.Pete Ricketts
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