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02 October 2001
Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty issued a demand to Abbott Laboratories that they immediately stop selling Sodium Thiopental for use in lethal injection -- one of three chemicals utilized to kill human beings. As...
01 July 2001
Breaking news in the death penalty case of Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted of killing a police officer -- another man has confessed to the murder. The confession appears in the affidavit below.

Presented at May 4, 2001 Philadelphia Press...

01 July 2001
This morning while I was blissfully snoozing, Tim McVeigh was put to sleep like a rabid dog. I can’t help but see the irony in his lethal injection. After much public talk McVeigh chose to embrace the same end that awaits most family pets...
01 July 2001
Legislation is supposed to be introduced soon in Ohio’s House calling for a halt to the Death Penalty while it is studied by a blue ribbon panel.

In the meantime, local governments will be asked to pass a resolution in support of...

16 May 2001
The West Memphis Three are Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. The police and people of West Memphis, Arkansas conducted a Satanic Panic-induced witch-hunt for the brutal murders of three 8-year-old boys. This isn’t a...
01 April 2000
Kevin Scudder, age 37, was convicted in 1990 of murdering Tina Baisden, age 14. The charge of aggravated murder included attempted rape and kidnapping specifications. On December 14, 1990, Scudder was sentenced to death.

The basic...

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