by Margaret Maguire | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Race, Uncategorized
It is not easy or simple, but there is hope. Akin Adepoju, President of PADP, joins with our community of civil rights organizations, advocates, organizers, and citizens in mourning the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. We extend our...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 9, 2020 | Faith, News, Victims' Families
Join us for a screening of the film In the Executioner’s Shadow. Vicki and Syl Schieber, whose daughter Shannon was raped and murdered in Philadelphia, will speak after the film. Audience Q & A will follow. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Please register...
by Kathleen Lucas | Sep 5, 2019 | News
The only way to ensure that the state does not execute an innocent person is to stop using the death penalty altogether When I was a young mother of my beautiful baby girl Shannon many years ago, I could never have imagined I would lose her to violent crime. I never...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 13, 2019 | News
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom took the historic step of declaring a moratorium on executions in California. Four other states have a moratorium in place — Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. The 737 California death row inmates represent over...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 7, 2019 | News
Death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown (pictured) was declared “actually innocent” by Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on March 1, 2019, making Brown eligible for state compensation for the time he spent wrongfully imprisoned on Texas’ death...
