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A Post-Hardin suggestion
circa 2024

A Post-Hardin suggestion

“A POST-HARDIN SUGGESTION” By: S.K. Ainsworth On 4 March 2024, the California Supreme Court dashed the hopes of thousands of men and women who were sentenced to Life With Out Parole (LWOP) eligibility as young...
Ainsworth, Steven KingCalifornia
Death by incarceration: Life without the possibility of parole (LWOP), "the other death penalty"
circa 2023

Death by incarceration: Life without the possibility of parole (LWOP), "the other death penalty"

Amen, Asar ImhotepCalifornia
Mercy - compassion shown to an offender - not revenge
circa 2023

Mercy - compassion shown to an offender - not revenge

Brown, JamesPennsylvania
"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents
circa 2023

"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents

"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents. But Death By Incarceration is a barbaric as well as out dated system society is accustomed to. How can society speak about reform...
Charleston, Brandon, Sr.Pennsylvania
LWOP: It's not the S.M.A.R.T. thing to do
2022

LWOP: It's not the S.M.A.R.T. thing to do

LWOP: IT’S NOT THE S.M.A.R.T. THING TO DO By Brett May If you look to society, especially in America, the predominant model that drives success is the incentive based model. As an example, if you...
May, Brett A.California
God had faith in us first
circa 2022

God had faith in us first

GOD HAD FAITH IN US FIRST by Dortell Williams "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed" - every single one of us -- "because his compassions fail not" (Lam. 3:22). At...
Williams, DortellCalifornia
LWOP and a cage/cell mate?!
November 6, 2019

LWOP and a cage/cell mate?!

LWOP and a CAGE/CELL MATE?! In Pennsylvania's prisons prisoners are made to double cage /cell, unless they're crazy, anti-social, aggressive homosexuals, handicapped, or just know somebody of authority. This makes it a problem for Lifers...
Camara, BayéPennsylvania
Sentencing juvenile offenders to life without the possibility of parole in Massachusetts
April 1, 2017

Sentencing juvenile offenders to life without the possibility of parole in Massachusetts

Sentencing Juvenile Offenders to Life Without the Possibility of Parole in Massachusetts Should Juveniles Be Treated the Same as Adults? By Patrick O'Shea 
 When it comes to the issue of the severity of punishment...
O'Shea, PatrickMassachusetts
Life without parole
January 6, 2017

Life without parole

Life Without Parole 1-6-17 I ask myself daily how I messed up my life so badly in 2000 that I now serve Life without parole? How does a 28 year old American who happens to...
Ernst, Shawn WilliamKentucky
Life without parole a convicted murderer describes the protracted death of a life sentence
October 22, 2016

Life without parole a convicted murderer describes the protracted death of a life sentence

Life Without Parole A convicted murderer describes the protracted death of a life sentence When I was 19, I killed a man in a drunken, drugged-up fistfight. For several years before that I had been...
Hartman, KennethCalifornia
Life without parole is the death penalty, within genocide
December 29, 2014

Life without parole is the death penalty, within genocide

LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IS THE DEATH PENALTY, WITHIN GENOCIDE by Herukhuti - WOMMB Institute A sentence to natural life without parole is a death sentence by incarceration and should be abolished. The prisoner with a...
HerukhutiArizona
Life without parole is torture
August 1, 2014

Life without parole is torture

"LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IS TORTURE" In today's world where there are major advancements in technology, biology, and many other arts and sciences, there seems to also be many retrogressions in humanity. One case in point...
The Lone WolfPennsylvania
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If you are working on an APWA-related project, please let us know how you plan to utilize the Archive. We hope to share information about your work with our readers and, whenever possible, with relevant APWA authors.

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