Straight Ahead
Moving PA straight ahead toward abolition
Register for 4/8 Power Meeting on the Derek Lee Ruling | Amistad Law Project
Register for 4/8 Power Meeting on the Derek Lee Ruling | Amistad Law Project
After decades of organizing by incarcerated people and their communities, the
Register for 4/15 Felony Murder Press Conference
Register for 4/15 Felony Murder Press Conference
What: Felony Murder Press Conference Where: Main Rotunda-PA State Capitol, 501 N 3rd St, Harrisburg Date: April 15, 2026 Time: lobbying 10a-12pm; press conference 1:30pm On March 26, 2026, in a unanimous decision the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found the sentence of mandatory life without parole, known as death by incarceration, for felony murder to be unconstitutional. Over 1,000 people in PA state prisons are now serving an unconstitutional sentence & the Supreme Court has given the General Assembly 120 days to create a remedy for this unjust situation. WE MUST MOBILIZE NOW TO PUSH THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS MEANINGFUL SECOND-DEGREE LEGISLATION! Join us in Harrisburg to send a clear message to legislators that we support HB 443. Questions? Contact lizz@straight-ahead.org
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Sentenced to Death by Incarceration: Pennsylvanians in Need of a Second Chance - Abolitionist Law CenterSentenced to Death by Incarceration: Pennsylvanians in Need of a Second Chance - Abolitionist Law Center
Sentenced to Death by Incarceration: Pennsylvanians in Need of a Second Chance - Abolitionist Law CenterSentenced to Death by Incarceration: Pennsylvanians in Need of a Second Chance - Abolitionist Law Center
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Get Involved with Straight Ahead!
Join Straight Ahead as we mobilize people in the streets and at the state capitol to end death by incarceration and bring our loved ones home.
Come to the next online Free Our People Coalition meeting
Come to the next online Free Our People Coalition meeting
Come and Join Us every Third Tuesday of the Month at 6:00pm as we continue the freedom fight in Pennsylvania. Together we can increase our power to push Harrisburg to pass meaningful legislation.
Solidarity Not Solitary PA: Join us to stop solitary confinement in PA's prisons, jails, detention centers, and other facilities
Solidarity Not Solitary PA: Join us to stop solitary confinement in PA's prisons, jails, detention centers, and other facilities
I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.
I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.
The United Nations is calling on the U.S. to abolish life without parole prison sentences.
Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
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