http://www.deathpenalty.org/ http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=514 <div class="text blurb">This is the face of man whose life you helped save. </div> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=514 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=513 <div class="text blurb">It is with decidedly mixed feelings that I write to say that Lance Lindsey has decided to embark on the next stage of his life and has thus announced his very well-deserved retirement as of April 2011.</div> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=513 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=512 <div class="text blurb">A possibly innocent man will die unless Ohio Governor Ted Strickland heeds the concerns of numerous law enforcement officials and tens of thousands of concerned citizens. Kevin Keith is scheduled for execution September 15th for a crime he likely didn't commit. </div> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=512 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=509 <div class="text blurb">Well it is hard to believe but Governor Schwarzenegger has announced that he plans to “borrow” $64 million from the general fund to begin construction of the new death row housing facility.</div> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=509 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=507 <div class="text blurb">The majority of Californians favor permanent imprisonment over the death penalty, including murder victim family members.</div> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=507 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=506 <div class="text blurb">In a recent article, Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle asks whether the abolitionist position of candidates for statewide office such as our former and perhaps next Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., and San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris who is running for Attorney General, may hurt them with the voters.</div> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=506 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=505 <div class="text blurb">Check out my blog post about Damien Echols on Care2 today. Please add a comment and vote in the poll. </div> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=505 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=503 <div class="text blurb">What would prompt someone to spend a beautiful summer day in July diving into and swimming the chilly, choppy, dangerous waters between “The Rock” – the former maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island – and the foot of the San Francisco Bay Bridge? </div> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=503 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=502 <div class="text blurb">We know that advocates and community members from across the state are fighting to ensure that the vital social services that make the safety net for California's most vulnerable populations aren't slashed. We're here with a small piece of the solution. Need to cut something? Cut this: the death penalty.</div> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=502 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=501 <div class="text blurb">AOL News posted a piece by Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation director Beth Wood, "Death Penalty Only Hurts Victims' Families." </div> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=501 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=499 <div class="text blurb">DPF's Quarterly newsletter is now available! </div> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=499 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=498 <div class="text blurb">It has been my good fortune to serve as a judge in New Hampshire for thirty-seven years. For thirteen of those years I was presiding justice of the Durham District Court. I served as a justice of the Superior Court for eighteen years, nine of which I spent as chief justice. And I sat on the Supreme Court for six years before retiring in December of 2005. I am proud of our judicial system and the effort of judges in all our courts to treat people fairly and equally, and to protect their individual rights. </div> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=498 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=495 <div class="text blurb">Some good news on the sentencing front in California. Juries in San Bernardino County, known for its high number of death verdicts, have started to turn away from the death penalty.</div> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=495 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=494 <div class="text blurb">The highly publicized Chessman and Eichmann dramas revealed the horrors of gas-chamber executions and served to strip away the masks of kindness and indifference from capital punishment in general.</div> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=494 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=493 <div class="text blurb">Democrats will "replace the death penalty with a term of permanent incarceration, which will serve to protect the public, provide swift and certain justice for victims' families, and save the state an estimated $1 billion over the next five years." Readers react in the San Francisco Chronicle</div> Mon, 24 May 2010 http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=493