Pennsylvania has opened an application process for organizations to apply for funds (pdf) through the Federal Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA). If you are an organization in Pennsylvania that works with adult and child survivors of child sexual abuse, you may be eligible to apply through this RFP process. The maximum grant award is $50,000. Through our VOCA… Continue reading Funding available for groups serving child sexual abuse survivors in Pennsylvania
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Recommended this week
“Recommended this week” features highlights from the past week in news about the death penalty, crime survivors, and trauma-informed responses to crime. Supreme Court To Hear Cases Challenging Two Texas Death Sentences, Buzzfeed The high court agrees to hear the death penalty cases of Duane Buck and Bobby James Moore. After nearly 40 years, murder charges dropped against… Continue reading Recommended this week
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Pennsylvania death row inmate Terrance Williams
In a 5-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice should have recused himself in the case of Terrance Williams. The judge in question, Justice Ronald Castille had been the District Attorney of Philadelphia and had participated in Williams’ original death penalty original death penalty trial. The following is a press… Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Pennsylvania death row inmate Terrance Williams
Libertarian and pro-life conferences highlight death penalty repeal
Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty (CCATDP), a project of EJUSA, crisscrossed the country in April. CCATDP’s National Coordinator Marc Hyden made trips to Tennessee and Utah, while I traveled to Orlando for the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) Florida State Convention and then to Philadelphia for the Life/Peace/Justice Conference. Our participation in these conferences… Continue reading Libertarian and pro-life conferences highlight death penalty repeal
Funding available for groups serving survivors in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has opened its application process for organizations to apply for funds through the Federal Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA). If you are an organization in Pennsylvania that works with crime survivors or victims’ families, you may be eligible to apply through this RFP process. Most importantly, Pennsylvania has identified men and boys of color… Continue reading Funding available for groups serving survivors in Pennsylvania
Health Approaches to Healing Violence: Hospital-Based Programs
]Violence is a public health issue. But few know that there is a small, but significant expansion of health initiatives across the country that are addressing the needs of survivors of crime, violence, and trauma, in the wake of community violence – and helping to actually decrease crime. Philadelphia, a pioneer in trauma-informed models of… Continue reading Health Approaches to Healing Violence: Hospital-Based Programs
High School Seniors: Win a scholarship for writing about the death penalty!
Our friends at the Legislative Initiative Against the Death Penalty (LIADP) are sponsoring a writing contest for high school seniors (class of 2016). LIADP’s Pauline Underwood Memorial Scholarship urges students to write a persuasive letter to the editor, supporting repeal of the death penalty in their state. Author of the winning letter will receive a… Continue reading High School Seniors: Win a scholarship for writing about the death penalty!
Death penalty continues decline in 2015
By every measure, the death penalty declined again in 2015. A new report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) found: There were fewer executions in 2015 than any year in the last two decades. The number of death sentences in 2015 is down 33% from just last year, and down 84% from… Continue reading Death penalty continues decline in 2015
Governor Wolf stands by moratorium in PA Supreme Court hearing
In February, Governor Tom Wolf called for a moratorium on executions, pending the outcome of a statewide study of the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Governor Wolf’s policy is now the topic of a heated debate that was heard earlier this month in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Philadelphia. Terrance Williams, convicted of murder… Continue reading Governor Wolf stands by moratorium in PA Supreme Court hearing
Trend away from death penalty continues as states and courts halt executions
In 2014, the United States saw its fewest executions in twenty years. Now, less than a quarter of the way into 2015, two new governors – Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania and Kate Brown of Oregon – have declared a halt to executions in their states. In other states, lingering questions over lethal injection are also… Continue reading Trend away from death penalty continues as states and courts halt executions