PA high court ends litigation over lawyers' pay in death penalty cases
Cross-posted from the Inquirer A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed litigation to reform the way Philadelphia reimburses lawyers appointed to defend indigent clients facing the death penalty. The four-justice majority filed an unsigned per curiam order...
An Innocent Woman? Michelle Byrom vs. Mississippi
cross-posted from Jackson Free Press written by Ronni Mott "I sit in my room for a good 1 1/2-2 hours, and dad comes in my room, and goes off on me, calling me bastard, nogood, mistake, and telling me I'm inconciderate [sic] and just care about my self, and he slaps...
Glenn Ford and An Activist Joke
How many death row exonerations does it take before the death penalty is eliminated in Pennsylvania? Ummmm, I give up. How many does it take? I don't know. We're still counting! ark, ark, ark Just minutes ago, Glenn Ford, who has spent over 30 years on death row in...
Bringing Human Rights Home
Bringing Human Rights Home: A Forum on LGBTQ Rights and Death Penalty Abolition Hosted by Philadelphia and South Jersey Amnesty International and Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 9:30am - 4:30pm The Ethical Society,...
No Capitalizing on Capital Punishment
cross-posted from The Slate Online By CASSANDRA CLARHAUT | Asst. Opinion Editor It is 2000. The year of Y2K, Backstreet’s Back, and Nintendo’s Game Cube. According to The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) for six years, William Nieves has been on death row,...
What prompts county to seek death penalty?
What prompts county to seek death penalty? February 22, 2014 11:24 PM By Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On March 11, 2013, David Mazzocco shot three people in a bar in North Fayette, killing one and injuring two. The Allegheny County district attorney's...