Reflections on the Miracle of Repeal in Connecticut
Miracles are real! I know the recent repeal of the death penalty law in Connecticut was a miracle. Not a miracle in the sense of rare, but in the sense of energies coming together to create something...
View ArticleAn Issue of Color – Black and White and Red and Brown
As a mother of 10-year-old twins, I know and understand the simple joys of motherhood – watching the determination of first steps, experiencing the excitement before a school play, and seeing the care...
View ArticlePride in Connecticut
This past Wednesday, I had the honor of being a guest at the signing of the repeal of the death penalty bill recently passed to the governor from the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives....
View ArticleReflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that “Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.” His call...
View ArticleMVFR board member Judith Elane lifts murder victims’ families voices at...
On Wednesday, January 30 2013, the Judiciary Committee of the Arkansas Senate held a hearing to examine the pros and cons of the death penalty. The Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Not a Solution – a Letter to North Carolina Legislators from...
I am saddened by the legislation (SB306) recently filed in the NC Senate to resume executions, especially since the bill sponsor, Sen. Thom Goolsby, claims to be working to achieve justice for victims....
View ArticleMVFR Press Statement
For Immediate Release Wednesday May 22, 2013 @ 10a.m. EST VICTIMS NEEDS, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND RACIAL BIAS IN DEATH SENTENCING Raleigh, NC – Victims’ families deserve a judicial system they can...
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