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    Death Penalty

    Focuses attention on issues about how the capital punishment system works, possible reforms, particular cases of special significance, and the lessons that can be learned from the elimination of capital punishment from the criminal justice systems of many states and the impositions of moratoriums on its use in other states. The Committee works to eliminate the use of capital punishment with regard to people whose serious mental illness at the time of the crime should preclude their executions, and seeks to shed light on the many valid reasons for greatly diminished efforts to seek the death penalty and dramatic declines in public support for it.

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    The State of Criminal Justice 2021 - Capital Punishment

    Longtime Section leader and Death Penalty Committee Co-chair Ron Tabak pens his annual chapter for the Criminal Justice Section's State of Criminal Justice publication. His insightful chapter includes dramatic developments that could lead to fundamental change in the death penalty’s future in the United States.

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    Where is the Death Penalty in the U.S. Heading?

    On April 24, 2021, a North Carolina nonprofit asked longtime Section leader Ron Tabak to speak on the subject of death penalty trends in the U.S. Ron's expertise in dealing with capital punishment developments has been recognized in many ways, including numerous awards. Listen in for his thought-provoking and insightful commentary.

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    Ronald Tabak Receives Prestigious Death Penalty Representation Project Award

    On September 19, 2019, at the annual Volunteer Recognition & Awards Dinner, the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project honored longtime Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice leader and CRSJ Death Penalty Committee Chair Ronald J. Tabak with their Project Leadership Award, in honor of his extraordinary leadership and contributions to the work and mission of the Death Penalty Representation Project.

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