PA’s Death Penalty: Does It Work?

Join us for a screening of Freedom to Live and a presentation on the Joint State Government Commission Report on Capital Punishment. Q & A to follow.   “On June 25, 2018, the Joint State Government Commission issued the report of the task force and...

The Death Penalty: Voices of Experience

Joe D’Ambrosio was convicted and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. He spent 22 years on death row. While on death row, he met Fr. Neil Kookoothe and convinced him to take a look at his case. With his experience as a nurse and an attorney, Fr....

"A grave miscarriage of justice"

Last week, after 21 years on Pennsylvania’s death row, James Dennis of Philadelphia finally had his moment of justice. Federal district court Judge Anita Brody ruled that the 1992 conviction of Dennis for the murder of Chedell Ray Williams was “a grave miscarriage...