Editorial: Death Penalty Decisions Must Be Based On Evidence

by updater | Oct 16, 2025 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, News, Prosecution

“The death penalty is divisive. Support for and opposition to it is not as easy as political party or position. It is all over the map. There are people with firmly held convictions about crime and law enforcement who draw a line when it comes to capital...

A Philly man will be freed from prison after 27 years as his murder case is officially tossed out

by Margaret Begg | Dec 2, 2023 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, Issues

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On the Resumption of Federal Executions

by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 3, 2020 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, Heejae Jung

Reflections by our intern, Heejae Jung. Heejae is a sophomore at Vassar and is with us for the fall 2020 semester. In mid-July, the embers of fireworks were still ingrained in my memory from the celebration of Independence day and reawakened by the occasional...

PA Auditor General Cites Costly Death Penalty in Criminal Justice Report

by Margaret Maguire | Jun 9, 2020 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, Cost, News

June 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathleen Lucas, klucas@padp.org, 717-236-4840 Pa. Auditor General’s Criminal Justice Report Cites Costly Death Penalty   June 9, 2020 York, PA — Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a report this...

DEATH-PENALTY STEWARDSHIP AND THE CURRENT STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL JURISPRUDENCE

by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 25, 2019 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania

ABA Study Finds PA Death Penalty Flaws

by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 25, 2019 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania