by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 3, 2020 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, Heejae Jung
Reflections by our intern, Heejae Jung. Heejae is a sophomore at Vassar and is with us for the fall 2020 semester. In mid-July, the embers of fireworks were still ingrained in my memory from the celebration of Independence day and reawakened by the occasional...
by Margaret Maguire | Jun 30, 2020 | News
27 years ago three activists gathered outside the Supreme Court for four days and three nights, Starvin’ 4 Justice. *** 48 years ago, on June 29, 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty was unconstitutional in application, being...
by Margaret Maguire | Jun 9, 2020 | Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania, Cost, News
June 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathleen Lucas, [email protected], 717-236-4840 Pa. Auditor General’s Criminal Justice Report Cites Costly Death Penalty June 9, 2020 York, PA — Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a report this...
by Margaret Maguire | Jun 8, 2020 | Innocence, News, Uncategorized
June 5, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathleen Lucas, [email protected], 717-236-4840 WALTER OGROD TO BE FREED TODAY FROM PENNSYLVANIA DEATH ROW AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS York, PA– Today, Walter Ogrod, who spent almost 30 years in prison, including 27 on...
by Margaret Maguire | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Race, Uncategorized
It is not easy or simple, but there is hope. Akin Adepoju, President of PADP, joins with our community of civil rights organizations, advocates, organizers, and citizens in mourning the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. We extend our...
by Kathleen Lucas | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
While the rest of us shelter in place, Walter Ogrod is on Pennsylvania’s death row. He checks all the boxes on the list of symptoms for the Coronavirus disease: high fever, cough, shortness of breath. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Conviction...
