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...
by Kathleen Lucas | Apr 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Repeal bill passed the senate in Delaware Former Alabama Death Row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton to be freed after new testing on bullets And for more proof of how the system is too error-prone to allow government killing, there’s this: three men...
by Linnell Patterson | Mar 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2015 6:00 am LINELL PATTERSON l SPECIAL TO LNP I was shocked and saddened when I opened the newspaper several weeks ago and read an op-ed from Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman (“Governor’s moratorium violates his oath of...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Over two years ago, Mrs. Norwood stated, in writing, that she did not want Terry Williams to be executed for her husband’s murder. Today, she reasserted her position. But the District Attorney and some House Representatives deliberately ignored her wishes and...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Joe D’Ambrosio: Death Row Story Thursday, March 19, 2015 – 7:00pm Taylor Little Theatre, Main Drive, Erie, PA 16504, USA Mercyhurst University Meryhurst University is bringing Joe D’Ambrosio, who was convicted of murder and on death row for 21 years before...
