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4/2/18: Lawmakers should prevent wrongful executions
Michael Graham, one of the 11 men wrongfully sentenced to death in Louisiana since 1973, calls on the Louisiana legislature to end the...


3/31/18: WTI Director Speaks at Cesar Chavez Day celebration at Barrios Unidos in Santa Cruz
" [WTI Director Magdaleno "Leno"] Rose-Avila, who lives in Philadelphia, said there are few people who empower others to 'be more than...


3/1/18: I was an innocent man awaiting execution: End the death penalty
Kirk Bloodsworth, the only death row exoneree from Maryland - and who was instrumental in abolishing the death penalty there - calls on...


1/28/18: VIDEO - Kirk Bloodsworth and the effort to abolish the death penalty in Washington State
Kirk is sending this message to Washington State Lawmakers: “End the death penalty before it kills an innocent person.” SEE MORE.


1/28/18: Kirk Bloodsworth speaks in Bremerton, Washington as momentum gains for abolition in the sta
Kirk has this to say about the pending legislation: “Washington State will never execute an innocent person if this bill is passed.” READ...


1/27/18: Kirk Bloodsworth speaks in Bremerton, Washington
“I know it’s a heavy issue, but we've got to talk about the heavy stuff and tell them to pass the bill so it doesn’t happen to their...


11/30/17: More coverage of Saint Egidio's Cities of Life, Rome
ROME - "'The death penalty is the punishment of the poor' -Mona Rishawi, representative of the UN Human Rights Commission, in Rome, for a...


11/29/17: WTI Director shares dreams in Rome
Magdaleno Rose-Avila, Executive Director of Witness to Innocence: "History does not wait... We must continue to dream of the impossible."...


11/28/17: A World Without Death Penalty - 10th International Meeting of Ministers of Justice
WTI's Executive Director gives remarks at this convening (starts at 46:30 in the 2nd file video) in Rome. READ MORE/LISTEN (in Italian)...


11/19/17: Cruel and Unusual - A Second Failed Execution in Ohio
Witness to Innocence had a presence for the protest of Alva Campbell execution (which failed). WTI Board Chair Kwame Ajamu is quoted:...
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