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Family Calls for Justice in Death of Tyrone Briggs
Tyron Briggs' parents Shaleda and Ervin Busbee Last week Tyrone Briggs, a 29-year-old from Philadelphia, died after Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) staff at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Mahanoy reportedly used force against him. Mr. Briggs had been incarcerated since he was 1...
We Abolished Death Row Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania!
This morning we filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement agreement that permanently ends solitary confinement for all death-sentenced people in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC).Up to now, every person sentenced to death in Pennsylvania has been forced to live in auster...
The Abolitionist Law Center is Hiring for Three New Positions. Apply Today!!
Program Director: Allegheny County Court Watch The Program Director will organize a new community Court Watch program in Allegheny County. The aim of the program is to expose excesses and abuses in the County’s criminal legal system to help mobilize the community to fundamentally change the ori...
The Fight to Free Avis Lee Continues Despite the Denial of Appeal by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Last week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied our Petition for Allowance of Appeal in the case of Commonwealth v. Avis Lee. The Appeal would have allowed people given life without parole sentences while young and with their judgment/impulse control still developing (but were over 17 years at the t...