Op-eds, Newspaper and Magazine articles


In this section you will find a selection of newspaper and magazine articles, opinion pieces, and other commentary. Articles are listed  in date order. 


"Pena capital es un despilfarro," La Opinion, Natasha Minsker, 2009-03-18

"Readers Forum: Capital Punishment is a costly mistake", Ray Samuels, op-ed, Contra Costa Times, December 20, 2008
Also appeared in the Oakland Tribune and other Bay Area News Group publications.

"Activists: Halt death penalty in California", By Donald A. McCartin and Mike Farrell, op-ed, Los Angeles Daily News, July 23, 2008
This op-ed also appeared in the Fresno Bee.

"What we sacrifice on Death Row," Nancy Oliveira, op-ed, San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, June 30, 2008

"Italian Catholics changed my perspective on the death penalty," Nancy Oliveira, op-ed, The Tidings, Friday, May 2, 2008

"Let's stop, reconsider: Should executions continue?" Rudolph J. Gerber, op-ed, Sacramento Bee, Monday, April 21, 2008

"The death penalty is not civilized," Aundré M. Herron, op-ed, Sacramento Bee, Sunday, April 20, 2008

"A sentence too close to death: Wrongly convicted, I am proof that the state should reconsider execution," op-ed, Harold Hall, Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2008

"IT’S A GRAY AREA: Facing facts on the death penalty," Opinion, JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY, The Daily Pilot, March 15, 2008

"Death-penalty system loaded with racial bias," op-ed, Gloria Romero, Los Angeles Daily News, 02/27/2008

"CALIFORNIA: Cuestionar la pena de muerte," Gloria Romero, La Opinión, 21 de febrero 2008

"We should be devoted to ending injustice, not ending more lives," op-ed, Naomi White and Derrel Myers, San Jose Mercury News, 01/18/2008

"Death penalty wastes money, while failing to reduce crime," op-ed, Norm Stamper, San Jose Mercury News, 11/19/2007

"Walk on Saturday to stop executions," op-ed, Azim Khamisa, The North County Times, September 12, 2007

"Why aren't all crime victims equal before the law?", op-ed, Maya Harris, The Oakland Post, May 30, 2007

"Kill the Death Penalty," op-ed, Sunil Dutta, The Nation magazine, February 26, 2007

"Put down the death penalty. After 30 years of tinkering, it still cannot be made fair and error-free," op-ed, Stephen Rohde, OC Register, July 9, 2006

"Killing the Death Penalty," Jamal Yogis, San Francisco magazine, March 2006
This article describes the current status of the movement to abolish the death penalty and the work of Death Penalty Focus.

"A Christmas Wish: Put an end to a death penalty that is fundamentally unjust," VIEWPOINT/LETTERS, CHRIS MEARS, OC METRO, December 22, 2005

"The death penalty has lost its power," Peter Loge, The Hill, Nov. 17, 2005

 

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