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Guest Commentary: Life without Parole Is America’s Hidden Death Penalty

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|Date: September 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Life without Parole Is America’s Hidden Death Penalty

The 18-year-old who committed his horrible crime is dead. I’m now a 40-year-old seeking redemption by Bra ...

The 18-year-old who committed his horrible crime is dead. I’m now a 40-year-old seeking redemption by Brandon J. Baker To understand life without the possibility of parole (LWOP), we must acknowledge ...

September 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: I’ve Changed Behind Bars, but I’m Not Promised a Second Chance

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|Date: September 17, 2022
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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 is ...

Restorative justice would help me give something back to help the people I’ve harmed, but the practice is not widespread yet in the U.S. by Asherdon “The Artist Ra” Holloway Our touch-deprived bodies ...

September 17, 2022
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Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UN

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|Date: September 16, 2022
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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. Gr ...

Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor New York, NY – Since the 1970s, the reliance on sentences of death by ...

September 16, 2022
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Bill Aiming to Reduce LWOP Sentences Headed to Assembly for Final Vote

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: August 15, 2022
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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 them ...

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would expand judicial discretion to judges, allowing them to order a sentence other than the death penalty or life in prison without parole (LWOP) for “ ...

August 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: A Debilitating Disease Called Life without Parole

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|Date: July 29, 2022
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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 people to ...

It doesn’t have to mean a life without purpose. By Timothy Johnson Although I am surrounded by people to the point of suffocating, I feel utterly alone. I have a debilitating disease that controls and ...

July 29, 2022
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Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2022
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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 ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a bill that has picked up additional opposition but needs a two-thirds vote in both houses to pas ...

June 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 157: Michael Gaines Gets Life for Crime He Didn’t Commit

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|Date: May 30, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 157: Michael Gaines Gets Life for Crime He Didn’t Commit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeobAPPiBQM This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeobAPPiBQM This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa Hurry about the case of Michael Gaines, who has been incarcerated since 2003 for a crime, they ...

May 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Unbearable Weight of Life in Prison

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|Date: April 02, 2022
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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 cousin sent me an upd ...

I don’t remember when I last saw my daughter. By Felix Sitthvong A few days ago, my cousin sent me an updated photograph of my daughter. She’s almost 13 years old and beautiful like her grandmother. S ...

April 02, 2022
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LWOPs: Living Without Parole

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|Date: April 01, 2022
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LWOPs: Living Without Parole

By Ricky A. Ortega Originally Published in the Mule Creek Post Convicted of first degree murder with sp ...

By Ricky A. Ortega Originally Published in the Mule Creek Post Convicted of first degree murder with special circumstances, LWOPs entered the penalty phase of their trials where it was determined by ...

April 01, 2022
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Legislation to Reform LWOP Hosted in Bay Area

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|Date: March 08, 2022
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Legislation to Reform LWOP Hosted in Bay Area

By Mathew Seibert SILICON VALLEY, CA – A “Day of Action” was hosted Monday by FUEL (Families United to En ...

By Mathew Seibert SILICON VALLEY, CA – A “Day of Action” was hosted Monday by FUEL (Families United to End LWOP) and the Drop LWOP coalition to support the Senate Bill 300, which addresses the “felony ...

March 08, 2022
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Court Reverses Sentence for Mule Creek Resident

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|Date: February 03, 2022
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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) ...

By Dale Hurd Mule Creek resident Jose Rivera’s sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) was reversed on Sept. 8, 2021, by the Sacramento County Superior Court. The reversal was the re ...

February 03, 2022
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Commentary: LWOPs Living without Parole but Not without Hope

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|Date: January 08, 2022
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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 pen ...

By Ricky A. Ortega Once convicted of first-degree murder with “special circumstances,” some enter the penalty phase of their trial for a jury of their peers to determine whether their lives are worth ...

January 08, 2022
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Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California

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|Date: December 17, 2021
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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 ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code has undertaken an intensive investigation into California’s criminal legal syst ...

December 17, 2021
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Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2021
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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 the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - A report released this month found that, despite the fact that California has enacted a series of criminal justice reforms over the past decade, mo ...

December 15, 2021
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Scott Peterson Resentenced from Death to Life in Prison Without Parole for Murder of Pregnant Wife, Unborn Son – Possibility of New Trial

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: December 12, 2021
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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 Peterson was re ...

By Amy Berberyan SAN MATEO, CA - This last week in San Mateo County Superior Court, Scott Peterson was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his pregnant wi ...

December 12, 2021
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Henry Montgomery Finally Released on Parole After 57 Years in Prison, Conviction by All-White Jury

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: November 21, 2021
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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 ...

By Sophia Barberini Baton Rouge, LA – After being denied twice, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery appeared for a third time in front of the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee and Parole this week to ...

November 21, 2021
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Open Letter: Alabama Board of Pardons, Re: Christopher Revis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2021
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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, Christoph ...

by Stephan A. Cooper, Esq. Dear Honorable Board Members: I write on behalf of my former client, Christopher “Chris” Revis, whose case is scheduled for consideration before the Board on October 1, 2021 ...

September 29, 2021
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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

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|Date: September 11, 2021
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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley B ...

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley Bernard Davis, a Black man who was sentenced to the death penalty in 1989, was resentenced to Li ...

September 11, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: I’m for Releasing Sirhan Sirhan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2021
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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 ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor On Friday, the parole board, after the prosecutors in Los Angeles did not oppose parole, recommended parole after 15 previous decisions to deny release for the f ...

August 29, 2021
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Former Ohio State Senator Leads Charge to Abolish Life Sentences without Parole for Children Nationwide

Posted by Peter Eibert
|Date: August 12, 2021
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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 an ...

By Peter Eibert COLUMBUS, OH – Peggy Lehner, a former Republican Ohio State Senator, recently wrote an opinion piece in The Columbus Dispatch calling for a federal law to ban life sentences without ...

August 12, 2021
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