by Margaret Maguire | Jun 8, 2020 | Innocence, News
June 5, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathleen Lucas, klucas@padp.org, 717-236-4840 WALTER OGROD TO BE FREED TODAY FROM PENNSYLVANIA DEATH ROW AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS York, PA– Today, Walter Ogrod, who spent almost 30 years in prison, including 27 on death...
by Margaret Maguire | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Race
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 19, 2020 | Innocence, Wrongful Conviction
While the rest of us shelter in place, Walter Ogrod is on Pennsylvania’s death row. He checks all the boxes on the list of symptoms for the Coronavirus disease: high fever, cough, shortness of breath. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Conviction...
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 | Feb 19, 2020 | News
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (PADP) announces with sadness the passing away of Kenneth Lawrence Fox, the Vice-Chair of the organization’s board of directors, on Thursday, February 13, 2020. “Working alongside Ken has been a privilege for me,...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jan 3, 2020 | Issues, Multimedia
Once you and your friends have seen this movie, they’ll want to join the fight to end capital punishment in Pennsylvania. Make sure to welcome them aboard. Ask them to share their name, address, and email address to info@padp.org to join the over 10,000...