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DP3 Analysis: U.S. death row experiences largest population decline in 20 years, highest percentage decline in half-century

The historic decline was fueled by landmark commutations and continued low death sentences

DP3 Study: After 1,600 Executions, the Public and Police are Safer in States with No Death Penalty

DP3 Analysis: The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Mass Shootings

80% of the Deadliest U.S. Mass Shootings Were Committed in Death-Penalty Jurisdictions and Accounted for 84% of the Deaths from the Worst of the Worst Shootings

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Why two recent executions toll the death knell for Florida’s attempt to expand its death penalty to non-lethal child sex offenses… if the rule of law means anything in Florida.

The state constitution's 'conformity clause' provides a floor as well a ceiling to the state's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment

Podcast Interview with KYW Philadelphia

DP3 Director Robert Dunham Speaks With KYW Newsradio Reporter for the Station's "KYW Newsradio InDepth" Podcast