Pennsylvania Capital-Star There’s been a lot of important talk — and action — around the Capitol this year on criminal justice reform. It’s a cause that’s united fiscal conservatives concerned about runaway prison spending; people of faith who believe in … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/): Capitolwire “Under The Dome, 9/30/2019 The state Supreme Court late last week denied relief to two PA death row petitioners who had sought to have the death penalty declared unconstitutional as … Continued
Posted at https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pennsylvania-death-penalty-supreme-court-unconstitutional-20190910.html Ray Krone and Kirk Bloodsworth, for the Inquirer On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will hear oral arguments on whether to strike down the state’s death penalty as cruel and therefore impermissible under the state constitution. … Continued
National Public Radio The U.S. government is poised to carry out the death penalty for the first time in nearly two decades, the Justice Department announced Thursday. U.S. Attorney General William Barr has instructed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to … Continued
Patriot News/PennLive Posted Jul 16, 8:09 AM By Cynthia Link* Graterford Prison is where I started my corrections career over twenty years ago. When I retired in 2018, I was its superintendent, responsible for the safety and well-being of hundreds … Continued
From Witness to Innocence (https://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/): On June 29, 1972 the US Supreme Court decided Furman V. Georgia and struck down the death penalty. Though we know that four years later the death penalty was reinstated, the majority opinion in Furman … Continued
York Dispatch Two state lawmakers who don’t usually see eye to eye are putting their differences aside for a common goal — repealing the death penalty. State Rep. Christopher Rabb, D-Philadelphia County, and Frank Ryan, R-Lebanon County, are cobbling together a bipartisan … Continued
In honor of death row exoneree Harold Wilson, ask your elected representatives to end the death penalty at https://witnesstoinnocence.salsalabs.org/haroldwilsonmemorialaction/index.html. Harold Wilson, 122nd person to be exonerated from death row in the United States, died on May 18, 2019. He was … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/): It’s time for a closer look. The report of the bipartisan Task Force and Advisory Committee on Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania identified serious and systemic flaws in the system, including the … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.padp.org/): Join us for an examination of the death penalty. We’ll be screening In the Executioner’s Shadow, sharing information about the death penalty, and engaging in a Q&A session. “It is the … Continued