by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Philadelphia County has sent more inmates to death row than any other county in Pennsylvania. However, a study of criminal cases overturned in the state because of prosecutorial misconduct found over 60% of the cases came from Philadelphia. Radley Balko, writing in...
by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 5, 2013 | Aja Beech
cross-posted from www.newsworks.com On Aug. 21, 2013, a judge in Philadelphia said Jimmy Dennis, convicted 21 years ago of the murder of Chedell Ray Williams, deserved to be retried within 180 days or to be set free. He is still on death row. I remember hearing about...
by Kathleen Lucas | Oct 23, 2013 | Marshall Dayan
From Marshall Dayan, Board Chair of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty I just learned that the committee on law of the Conservative Jewish movement, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, reaffirmed the movement’s opposition to capital...
by Kathleen Lucas | Oct 7, 2013 | Brian Evans, Director of Amnesty International USA’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
By Brian Evans, Amnesty International Georgia authorities continue to pursue the execution of Warren Hill despite the fact that: The victim’s family opposes the execution Several jurors from the trial now object to the execution All 7 doctors who have...
by Kathleen Lucas | Sep 20, 2013 | Kathleen Lucas
Pennsylvania, I’d like to wish you an Unhappy 100th. Yesterday, you reached a noteworthy milestone in your tireless quest to kill your citizens. David Ramtahal was resentenced to life without the possibility of parole AFTER being sentenced to death. He became...
