by Kathleen Lucas | Jul 31, 2014 | R. Christian Allen
I am sickened by the news of another botched execution. The line between a death sentence and torture is beginning to be blurred. There are no regulations for the unethical process of taking a life, and that is appalling to me. The executioners aren’t doctors,...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jul 29, 2014 | Jessica Kirshner
This past Wednesday the state of Arizona carried out a botched execution on Joseph Wood, a man convicted of double murder in 1989. Wood was sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing both his ex-girlfriend and her father. The state of Arizona killed him...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jan 18, 2014 | Billy H. Nolas
We celebrate the life of Dr. King on Monday, so mentioning a milestone from 2013 seemed proper to me. We had this milestone when, in a dreary Bucks County hearing room, the prosecutor conceded that David Ramtahal should be resentenced to a sentence other than death....
by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 5, 2013 | Aja Beech
cross-posted from www.newsworks.com On Aug. 21, 2013, a judge in Philadelphia said Jimmy Dennis, convicted 21 years ago of the murder of Chedell Ray Williams, deserved to be retried within 180 days or to be set free. He is still on death row. I remember hearing about...
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...
