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Join me at:
5:00 PM – Celebration of Exonerees
Loyola Law School, Burns Lounge, 919 Albany St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
An all-exoneree panel will discuss their experiences with wrongful convictions
Directions and a campus map can be found here
Today, 3/24/16, we will hold our first online memorial show to honor Darryl Hunt, beloved exoneree, leader, spokesman, and fighter for justice who died last week-end. If you are a friend, a fan, an admirer, or someone who needs to say a few words about this tragic loss to the exoneree community you are welcome to join us. Call 516-418-5475 between 5:00-6:00 PM PDT to share in the conversation for as long as you wish.
Our guests tonight are 3 woman whose perceptions of the death penalty in California were once made through the razor wire that surrounds the penitentiary.
For the past 14 years ACWIP has conducted a very successful pen pal program, under the direction of the fabulous Jeanne Pieper, who matched over 1000 prisoners with new friends. Unfortunately, Jeanne is now ill and must give up her job, but the Pen Pal Program will continue as before. Our new address is ACWIP Pen Pal Project, 769 Northwestern Drive, Claremont, CA 91711. If you are a female inmate or a woman who wants a new friend please consider becoming a pen pal Many joyous and close friendships have been formed for the simple cost of a stamp. BECOME A PEN PAL TODAY AND OPEN UP AN ENTIRELY NEW WORLD.
Everything you need to know about one of the most important issues of our lifetime. Join us today on WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL, blogtalkradio.com/acwip. Today 5:00 PM PST
Question of the Week
Time to put an end to the death penalty?
Voters in California are more evenly split today on whether the state should eliminate the death penalty than they have been in recent memory.
Two years ago, about 40 percent of California voters said they favored replacing capital punishment with life in prison without possibility of parole. A new Field poll found that 47 percent of voters today support eliminating the death penalty, though another 48 percent say they would prefer to see the state move more swiftly on executions.
Where do you stand? Tell us by answering our Question of the Week: Is it time for California to put an end to the death penalty?
This likely won’t be the last time readers will be confronted with this question. Two measures seek a spot on the November ballot: One would abolish the death penalty in California (an effort to repeal failed in 2012), the other would hasten executions.
Meanwhile, the California Department of Corrections is moving ahead with proposed reforms to its execution procedures. It’s been 10 years since a federal judge halted executions in California and ordered the state to improve its procedures, which called for injecting condemned prisoners with a lethal combination of drugs. A 2011 attempt to update the three-drug protocol failed; now corrections officials are proposing a single-drug procedure that is still under public review.
What do you think?
Are you one of those California voters whose thoughts on capital punishment has shifted? What made you change your mind? Are you concerned about the cost of housing death-row inmates for decades while they appeal their convictions? Do you object to the death penalty on moral grounds? If you are a voter who changed your mind, what argument persuaded you most?
Or do you favor speeding up executions in California? Do cost concerns or moral issues factor into your position? How so?
Email your thoughts to opinion@langnews.com. Please include your full name and city or community of residence. Provide a daytime phone number. Or, if you prefer, share your views in the comments section that accompanies this article online.
We’ll publish as many responses as possible.
Meet the amazing Constance Waddell who is leading her personal charge to end the death penalty in California tonight on WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL, blogtalkradio.com/acwip 5:00 PM PST
AGAIN THIS YEAR;
ACWIP will provide 5,000 holiday gift bags to women incarcerated in Southern California Prisons, Fire Camps, and County Jails. We are partnering with several churches and organizations to provide special treats such as candy, coffee, tea, cocoa, stationery, and personal hygiene items. These are the only gifts these incarcerated women will receive. This is the largest HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT for incarcerated women in the United States and we need your help to make it happen. You can donate any of the items listed below or you can contribute money at http://www.gofundme.com/5scwjg. Please help us bring a bit of kindness and holiday cheer to the incarcerated women of Southern California.
GIFT ITEMS: travel sized shampoo, conditioner, body wash and lotion; toothbrushes, small toothpaste, individual coffee, tea, and cocoa packets; stationery, writing paper, envelopes, combs, wrapped pieces of candy, and hair ties.
Gift bag items, checks, and money orders can be mailed to ACWIP, 769 Northwestern Drive, Claremont, CA 91711. Call us at 626-710-7543, or go to acwip.net for further information. Items may also be dropped off at the office of Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 1700 Towne Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711.
ACWIP is a 501©(3) and all of your donations are tax deductible.
Welcome to part two of a two part series that examines wrongful conviction from the perspective of a wife and a mother, how this terrible injustice damages families . Two weeks ago we were joined by Valentina Real whose husband was convict of murder in 2014. This week our guest will be Deb Brewer whose son has been wrongfully convicted this year. These are powerful stories which need to be heard as part of our campaign to reform the criminal justice system
Gloria Killian is appearing on the new radio channel (http://allnews.network ) tonight with Lorien Fenton. Join them for a great 2 hour conversation about justice, injustice, and all the other scandals and madness from the criminal justice world from 8-10 PM PST
Action Committee For Women In Prison 