Death Penalty Project

Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA, speaks about his experience at Minnesota Advocates' Death Penalty Project Lunchtime Speaker Series.

More than a decade ago, Minnesota Advocates adopted a formal commitment to oppose the death penalty worldwide. In the United States, the capricious and arbitrary administration of the death penalty results in an enormous need for competent lawyers to assist death row inmates with their post-conviction appeals. Minnesota Advocates' Death Penalty Project was organized in 1991 to recruit Minnesota attorneys to respond to this need. The Project also provides education and advocacy on death penalty issues. Read more

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