by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
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 | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 [email protected] to join the over 10,000...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 25, 2019 | Cost, Deterrence, Race, Uncategorized
Prosecution How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania DEATH-PENALTY STEWARDSHIP AND THE CURRENT STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL JURISPRUDENCE ABA Study Finds PA Death Penalty Flaws Innocence Carlos de Luna Proceedings of...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The arbitrariness of the death penalty is one of its worst attributes. If the government is going to carry out capital punishment on its citizens, it should at least be consistent about it. Death sentences are influenced by geography, race, gender, wealth, and mental...
by Kathleen Lucas | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
This letter was published on February 22, 2018 at GoErie.com Abolish the death penalty; it wastes too much money Feb. 13 marks the third anniversary of a moratorium that halted all executions in Pennsylvania. It was enacted by Gov. Tom Wolf in part because of the high...
