New Report Reveals Nationwide Momentum for ‘Second Look’ Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, The Sentencing Project published “The Second Look Movement: A…
San Jose District Attorney – Once Capital Punishment Supporter – Plans to File Motion to Take Incarcerated Off Death Row
SANTA CLARA, CA – A prosecutor here in Santa Clara County—once a big believer in capital punishment…
Alabama’s 30-Hour Rule Won’t Fix State’s Execution Problems, Charges ‘Just Mercy’ Author
By The Vanguard Staff MONTGOMERY, AL – The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of…
LWOP Survivor Chryl Lamar Testifies at California Senate Public Safety Committee Urging Passage of Bill to Review Sentences
By Leslie Acevedo and Vaiva Utaraite SACRAMENTO, CA – A former prisoner sentenced to life without parole…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home – Where Windows Cry
By Ricky Ortega Life without parole; free falling into the black hole of prison life. It’s where…
Man Accused of Double Murder, Kidnapping Rejects Plea Offer Made by Own Attorney, Chooses to Go to Trial
By Samuel Van Blaricom WOODLAND, CA – Chandale Shannon, Jr., accused of two counts of first degree…
Student Opinion: Supreme Court Upholds Life without Parole for Juveniles
By Kritika Singh WASHINGTON, DC — In a 6-3 decision last month, the United States Supreme Court…
Guest Commentary: Commutations Are Not the Answer to Life without Parole
(This article was written by my client, Samuel P. Redmond III, who has served twenty years of…
The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania
by Vaidya Gullapalli Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board looked at two overlapping injustices in Pennsylvania: the large number…
Recognizing the ‘Dual Victim’
By Vaidya Gullapalli In Pennsylvania, the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration is calling for an end…
What Life Without Parole Means: Sentenced to Die in Prison
By Jennifer Turner I first met Alice Marie Johnson in April 2013. Seeking to tell the stories…
Hodges Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Killing His Three Children
Robert Hodges was, by all accounts, a loving family man who suddenly last September killed his three…
My View: The Need to Re-Think Life without Parole
Yesterday’s article that we re-published from the ACLU asks: “Does the Constitution allow a teenager to be…
Eye on the Courts: Pushing For Reform on LWOP and the Death Penalty
Last week, we discussed the state of life without parole for juvenile offenders, as Daniel Marsh was…
Eye on the Courts: Marsh Gets 52 to Life, But Not Really
Judge David Reed on Friday issued the maximum possible sentence of 52 years to life to Daniel…
Eye on the Courts: Life Without Parole
On Monday, William Gardner was sentenced to life without parole for the 2013 killing of Leslie Pinkston….
