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- York County Man to be Released After Nearly Two Decades on PA Death Row December 18, 2023
Media Inquiries: Kathleen Lucas, Executive Director, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty 717-236-4840 YORK, PA, December 18, 2023 – Today, the York County District Attorney dismissed murder charges against Noel Matos Montalvo after the PA Supreme Court overturned his 2003 conviction and death sentence for the brutal murders of Miriam Ascencio and Nelson Lugo. Numerous DNA tests and ... - Death row exonerees hold Biden accountable March 21, 2021They were innocent and on death row. Now, the exonerated want to ensure Biden keeps pledge By Christina Carrega, CNN Updated 6:01 AM ET, Sun March 21, 2021 (CNN)Sabrina Smith was only 17 when a predominately White Mississippi jury convicted her in 1989 for fatally beating her 9-month-old son. Read more https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/innocent-former-death-row-inmates/index.html
- Feb. 18, 2021 Updates February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Death Penalty Updates Death Penalty Information Center adds 11 more people to its innocence list. This brings us to the point where for every eight persons executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the 70s, one person has been exonerated. The report includes additional research on the causes of wrongful convictions and ...
- Feb. 18, 2021 Updates February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Death Penalty Updates Death Penalty Information Center adds 11 more people to its innocence list. This brings us to the point where for every eight persons executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the 70s, one person has been exonerated. The report includes additional research on the causes of wrongful convictions and ...
- Philly Musician Jimmy Dennis February 12, 2021
- Starvin’ 4 Justice June 30, 202027 years ago three activists gathered outside the Supreme Court for four days and three nights, Starvin’ 4 Justice. *** 48 years ago, on June 29, 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty was unconstitutional in application, being “arbitrary and capricious.” However, the Court did not rule that the death ...
- PA Auditor General Cites Costly Death Penalty in Criminal Justice Report June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathleen Lucas, klucas@padp.org, 717-236-4840 Pa. Auditor General’s Criminal Justice Report Cites Costly Death Penalty June 9, 2020 York, PA — Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a report this morning indicating that the state’s death penalty has cost taxpayers close to $1.06 billion between 1978 and 2018. Of that amount, half was spent on persons later ...
- Walter Ogrod Freed From Death Row After Nearly 30 Years June 8, 2020June 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 row, is being released after his conviction and sentence were overturned by Court of Common Please Judge Shelly ...
- PADP Statement Condemning Police Brutality and Racial Injustice June 4, 2020It 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 deepest condolences to the family and friends of George Floyd. We stand ...
- Film Screening & Speakers March 9, 2020Join 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 here.
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