Guest Commentary: I’ve Changed Behind Bars, but I’m Not Promised a Second Chance
Restorative justice would help me give something back to help the people I’ve harmed, but the practice…
Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UN
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination by David M. Greenwald…
Bill Aiming to Reduce LWOP Sentences Headed to Assembly for Final Vote
By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA – A bill that would expand judicial discretion to judges, allowing…
Guest Commentary: A Debilitating Disease Called Life without Parole
It doesn’t have to mean a life without purpose. By Timothy Johnson Although I am surrounded by…
Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 157: Michael Gaines Gets Life for Crime He Didn’t Commit
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa Hurry about the case of Michael…
Guest Commentary: The Unbearable Weight of Life in Prison
I don’t remember when I last saw my daughter. By Felix Sitthvong A few days ago, my…
LWOPs: Living Without Parole
By Ricky A. Ortega Originally Published in the Mule Creek Post Convicted of first degree murder with…
Legislation to Reform LWOP Hosted in Bay Area
By Mathew Seibert SILICON VALLEY, CA – A “Day of Action” was hosted Monday by FUEL (Families…
Court Reverses Sentence for Mule Creek Resident
By Dale Hurd Mule Creek resident Jose Rivera’s sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP)…
Commentary: LWOPs Living without Parole but Not without Hope
By Ricky A. Ortega Once convicted of first-degree murder with “special circumstances,” some enter the penalty phase…
Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of…
Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – A report released this month found that, despite…
Scott Peterson Resentenced from Death to Life in Prison Without Parole for Murder of Pregnant Wife, Unborn Son – Possibility of New Trial
By Amy Berberyan SAN MATEO, CA – This last week in San Mateo County Superior Court, Scott…
Henry Montgomery Finally Released on Parole After 57 Years in Prison, Conviction by All-White Jury
By Sophia Barberini Baton Rouge, LA – After being denied twice, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery appeared for a…
Open Letter: Alabama Board of Pardons, Re: Christopher Revis
by Stephan A. Cooper, Esq. Dear Honorable Board Members: I write on behalf of my former client,…
Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence
Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021…
Sunday Commentary: I’m for Releasing Sirhan Sirhan
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor On Friday, the parole board, after the prosecutors in Los Angeles…
Former Ohio State Senator Leads Charge to Abolish Life Sentences without Parole for Children Nationwide
By Peter Eibert COLUMBUS, OH – Peggy Lehner, a former Republican Ohio State Senator, recently wrote…
Guest Commentary: What LWOP Means to Someone Incarcerated
By Michael Reed Dorrough Please forgive me for any inconvenience that my writing may cause. I am…
