by Kathleen Lucas | Sep 6, 2017 | News
September 6, 2017 More than a dozen inmates in Pennsylvania have been removed from death row this year, leaving the commonwealth with the fewest under a death sentence in nearly a quarter-century…
by Kathleen Lucas | Aug 22, 2017 | News
August 22, 2017 In a case that reignited scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s death penalty and the workings of the state’s highest court, an evenly divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new death penalty hearing for Terrance Williams, convicted and condemned in the...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jun 29, 2017 | News
June 29, 2017 An innocent man who survived 22 years in solitary confinement on death row has spoken out about living among some of America’s most dangerous criminals. …
by Kathleen Lucas | Jun 3, 2017 | News
June 3, 2017, Centre County voters favored a new DA, Bernie Cantorna, in the recent primary election. I can find no record of his position on capital punishment.…
by Kathleen Lucas | May 12, 2017 | News
May 12, 2017, In the early 1990s, the police arrested three men for crimes they didn’t commit. It’s taken more than 25 years for justice to be served.…
by Kathleen Lucas | Apr 25, 2017 | News
April 25, 2017, Over the past few weeks, the state of Arkansas has been trying to obtain warrants to execute eight death row inmates before the end of the month. The deadline was set in order to use the state’s supply of lethal injection drug midazolam before it is...