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Legislation
New PA bills offer a chance at second chances in 2025
A new term in Pennsylvania’s state legislature is underway with fresh opportunities for finally ending our state’s draconian felony murder law.
Media Advisory: New Felony Murder Bills Would Give Pennsylvania’s Incarcerated Much-Needed Second Chances
Press conference to announce the formal introduction of two Pa. state bills to create the opportunity of parole for those incarcerated with second-degree felony murder sentences.
You can vote with a criminal conviction in PA!
Saleem Holbrook, executive director of Abolitionist Law Center & Straight Ahead, and Mike Lee, executive director of ACLU-PA, share information on voting with a criminal conviction in Pennsylvania.
HB 2296 affirms the humanity of those sentenced to death by incarceration for felony murder
Roxanne Horrell addressing the Pa. House Judiciary Committee at the HB 2296 hearing on May 30, 2024. The following was
“Second Chances Don’t Diminish Justice, But Fulfill It”
April is Second Chances Month, and while the state paints “victims” in opposition to second chances for people in prison,
The Fight to Free Our Elders
Mid-day on September 30, 2021, community members and lawmakers gathered outside of Philadelphia City Hall around the 12-foot bronze Octavius
Unpacking SB 835: Who has a chance at freedom from medical and geriatric parole?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate but is not law. We at Straight Ahead want to see the
Unpacking SB 135: What does the Death By Incarceration bill do?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate but is not law. We at Straight Ahead are fighting for it