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Media Release: Janet and Janine Africa are paroled after forty years of incarceration!!!

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Filed on Behalf of Avis Lee to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Media Release: PA Superior Court Urges PA Supreme Court to Review Whether Avis Lee can Challenge Life-Without-Parole Sentence Imposed at 18 years-old

Media Release: En Banc Hearing Granted For Avis Lee

A Way Out: Abolishing Death By Incarceration in Pennsylvania

A Way Out: Abolishing Death By Incarceration in Pennsylvania

Media Release: A Way Out: Abolishing Death By Incarceration in Pennsylvania

MEDIA RELEASE: MOVE Member Debbie Africa Released on Parole After Over 39 Years in Prison

The Batts II Decision: The Favorable and Where It Falls Short

PA Supreme Court Petition Challenges Mandatory Life Without Parole for 18-Year-Old Juveniles

“I’ve been following the work of the Abolitionist Law Center for quite a long time. If we’re going to begin the process of eliminating structural racism, we certainly have to start with prisons.”

Angela Y. Davis

Abolitionist Law Center
P.O. Box 8654
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
info@alcenter.org