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 | Oct 7, 2013 | Brian Evans, Director of Amnesty International USA’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
By Brian Evans, Amnesty International Georgia authorities continue to pursue the execution of Warren Hill despite the fact that: The victim’s family opposes the execution Several jurors from the trial now object to the execution All 7 doctors who have...
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...
by Kathleen Lucas | Aug 26, 2013 | Andy Hoover
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...
by Kathleen Lucas | Aug 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
District Attorney Seth Williams says he’s “upset and disgusted†at the Judge Anita Brody’s ruling in Jimmy Dennis’s case.  He should be. His solution is to “appeal it to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals or just retry the case.†But he needs to go...
