U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat proudly represents New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District. Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights,… Continue Reading
Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. She was previously an associate editor and contributor to the Nation, where she earned a 2014… Continue Reading
Kelley Henry is the Chief of the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit in Nashville, Tennessee. Kelley supervises a staff of 20. Together they represent more than half of Tennessee’s death row. Kelley is also lead counsel in two federal… Continue Reading
Lee Greenwood is the mother of Joseph Nichols, who was executed on March 7th, 2007. She shared her story with the Texas After Violence Project and discusses Joseph’s life, his friends, his giving character, and the injustices they suffered at… Continue Reading
Susannah Sheffer is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and a writer and researcher focusing on the impact of the death penalty. Her 2013 book Fighting for Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys (Vanderbilt University Press) is based on… Continue Reading
Alexis Hoag is the inaugural Practitioner-in-Residence at the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights. She spent over a decade as a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, primarily representing capitally convicted clients in federal post-conviction proceedings.… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt is a contemporary critical theorist and social justice advocate. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is the founding director of the Columbia Center for… Continue Reading