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FRANKLIN HEARINGS – ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID LWOP

June 28, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Wood hammer court judge

Youth offenders convicted and given a lengthy prison term by a sentencing court for crimes committed when they were age 26 or under are entitled to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Youth Offender Tagged With: California Supreme Court, LWOP, youth offenders

LWOP REPLACES DEATH PENALTY

June 27, 2021 by Charles Crow

Postcard campaign petition for LWOPs

“Life without parole (LWOP) sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States,” reported The Marshall Project in a recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Legal Tagged With: LWOP

RELIANCE ON LIFE IMPRISONMENT

June 27, 2021 by Charles Crow

The number of people serving life sentences in America today exceeds the total number of people in prison in 1970, reported The Sentencing Project in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Parole and Release, Politics Tagged With: LWOP

A governor's commutation gives Laverne Shoemaker a second chance

December 11, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

Laverne Shoemaker overcame what some prison reform activists call “a living death sentence.” Shoemaker was serving life without the possibility of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Inmate, Recently Posted, Women in Prison Tagged With: Laverne Shoemaker, LWOP

Once facing a lifetime behind bars, some now offered a chance at freedom

March 9, 2019 by John Lam

gavel court law

Juveniles sentenced to die in California prisons now have the chance to go home—if they can prove they have rehabilitated. To help them achieve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federal BOP, Juvenile Justice, Legal, Money, Youth Offender Tagged With: death, juveniles, life, LWOP, teens

Prisoners contributed their input on criminal justice reform

February 19, 2019 by Joe Garcia

Participants sitting in a small circle share their personal experiences in the San Quentin Protestant Chapel

Criminal justice reform took center stage at a San Quentin State Prison forum that brought together inmates, social justice advocates, formerly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Featured, Legal, Politics Tagged With: Assembly Bill 2942, criminal justice, impact justice, LWOP, prop. 57

CCWP advocates mount a fight to end LWOP

November 15, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Courtesy of CCWP

Advocates are mounting a fight to end the other death penalty—life without the possibility of parole. These “hidden death sentences” mean prisoners … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Featured, Prison Reform Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Institution for Women, CCWP, LWOP

Raising awareness California’s ‘Life Without’

June 13, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

MCs Adrienne Skye Roberts and Aminah Colbert with Panelists Terah “Sage” Lawyer, Ny Nourn and June Lee

More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Adrienne Roberts, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Institution for Women, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, CCWF, CCWP, CCWP rally, CCWP’s “A Living Chance”, Central California Women’s Facility, Chowchilla, CIW, Corona, CURB, Death Row, Ivette Alé, June Lee, life without parole sentences, LWOP, Ny Nourn, Oakland, Terah “Sage” Lawyer, The Fire Inside

Javier Stuaring brings victims and offenders together

March 20, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Antione Brown, Javier Stuaring and Borey ‘PJ’ Ai

Javier Stuaring organizes healing dialogues between families of people who have a loved one murdered with families of loved ones serving life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: LWOP, Office of Restorative Justice, OVSRS, Restore Justice, victim rights

Dear Kid CAT

February 15, 2018 by John Lam

Dear Kid CAT, I am writing this letter to show my appreciation to you for allowing those of us sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP) as youths a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: Level 4 prison, LTOP, LWOP

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