201st Death Row Exoneree Gets His Certificate of Innocence
"After being branded a monster and spending more than 30 years in prison for murder, Mr. Melock’s name and record are finally cleared. “I can finally hold my head up high,” he says. WAUKEGAN, Il. – Robert Melock was only 22 in January 1989, when he was arrested and...
The Death Penalty Persists in the U.S.
Even as the national and global trends remain overwhelmingly towards abolition of the death penalty, some states remain unapologetically emboldened, especially in the ex-Confederate states of the (Deep) South, to continue carrying out executions. Even with a few...
Abolishing the Death Penalty
Why I oppose the death penalty and why I’m working to abolish it in Pennsylvania. I have long been personally opposed to the death penalty and am now working to take it off the books in Pennsylvania via House Bill 888, which I introduced this week with...
Marshall Dayan on Biden’s Commutations
MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 19, 2024
WHO: Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty WHAT: 2024 Year-End Death Penalty Report WHEN: December 19, 2024 Noon Eastern WHY: PA-specific Info re: Death Penalty Information Center 2024 Report CONTACT: Kathleen Lucas KLucas@padp.org 717-236-4840 With...
