by updater | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Even as the national and global trends remain overwhelmingly towards abolition of the death penalty, some states remain unapologetically emboldened, especially in the ex-Confederate states of the (Deep) South, to continue carrying out executions. Even with a few...
by updater | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Why I oppose the death penalty and why I’m working to abolish it in Pennsylvania. I have long been personally opposed to the death penalty and am now working to take it off the books in Pennsylvania via House Bill 888, which I introduced this week with...
by updater | Dec 23, 2024 | News
by updater | Dec 23, 2024 | News
WHO: Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty WHAT: 2024 Year-End Death Penalty Report WHEN: December 19, 2024 Noon Eastern WHY: PA-specific Info re: Death Penalty Information Center 2024 Report CONTACT: Kathleen Lucas [email protected] 717-236-4840 With...
by First Last | Jul 11, 2024 | News, Wrongful Conviction
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Reaches 200th Exoneration from Death Row FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — As of July 1, 2024, 200 prisoners in the U.S. have been exonerated and freed from death row since 1973, demonstrating the serious risk of executing the innocent. Witness to Innocence...
