by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 14, 2017 | News
March 14, 2017, State Rep. Chris Rabb, of Philadelphia, has confirmed the rumor that he is planning to introduce a bill to repeal Pennsylvania’s death penalty law. I fully support his decision. I believe abolition of our capital punishment system is long...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 7, 2017 | News
March 7, 2017 Companion reports released on March 7 by the National Registry of Exonerations found record numbers of exonerations and wrongful convictions involving official misconduct in 2016, and striking evidence of racial bias both in the wrongful convictions...
by Kathleen Lucas | Feb 22, 2017 | News
February 22, 2017 With Seth Williams’ decision not to seek a third term as district attorney, Philadelphia now has a chance to join the rest of the Northeast in moving forward without the death penalty…
by Kathleen Lucas | Feb 21, 2017 | News
February 21, 2017 At 6:19 a.m. Saturday morning ACCR staff got the call: 38 years, 3 months and 4 days after the 14-year-old Ricky Olds went to prison for buying a bag of potato chips with the wrong crowd, he was going home a free man. rickyfree If you don’t believe...
by Kathleen Lucas | Feb 20, 2017 | News
February 20, 2017 Most people probably don’t associate Valentine’s Day with the death penalty, but i do…
by Kathleen Lucas | Feb 13, 2017 | News
February 13, 2017 is the second anniversary of Gov. Tom Wolf’s moratorium on executions. The moratorium was wise because it halted a system that is filled with flaws…
