by Kathleen Lucas | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Robert Carl Nordvall Robert Carl Nordvall, 73, formerly of Gettysburg, passed away January 2, 2014 in Pistoia, Italy. Born March 23,1940 in Oak Park, Illinois, he was the son of the late Stuart Nordvall and Carmella Craglione Nordvall. He received a Bachelor’s...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
By: David E. Frank January 7, 2014 The Boston Bar Association announced today that, for the first time in its 250-year history, the organization is taking a stand against the death penalty in federal cases. The announcement comes after a panel chaired by...
by Kathleen Lucas | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Taken From Courthouse News: (CN) – Vacating the death sentence imposed against a convicted murderer, the Pennsylvania high court called it “shocking” that jurors were told that killing an unborn child is a capital offense. Harold Murray IV was...
by Kathleen Lucas | Oct 23, 2013 | Marshall Dayan
From Marshall Dayan, Board Chair of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty I just learned that the committee on law of the Conservative Jewish movement, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, reaffirmed the movement’s opposition to capital...
by Kathleen Lucas | Sep 20, 2013 | Kathleen Lucas
Pennsylvania, I’d like to wish you an Unhappy 100th. Yesterday, you reached a noteworthy milestone in your tireless quest to kill your citizens. David Ramtahal was resentenced to life without the possibility of parole AFTER being sentenced to death. He became...