Aug 20, 2018 | Media, Survivor Messages |
S&P California member, Ny Nourn, recently gave this TED talk describing her experiences with immigration to the U.S. as a Cambodian refugee, surviving domestic violence, being convicted for the actions of her batterer and sentenced to life without the...
Aug 13, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Melissa Jeltsen @ Huffington Post. Excerpt below: Ericka Persson, an advocate with Survived and Punished, called [Governor Andrew Cuomo’s clemency] guidelines “ambiguous and arbitrary” and said they could be changed. “Cuomo has the power to free these...
Aug 7, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Survivor Messages |
In this excerpt from her conversation with writer Victoria Law, Valerie Seeley expresses her commitment to helping other women criminalized for survival and asking Cuomo to grant more clemencies. Valerie Seeley is a survivor of domestic violence. In 1998 Valerie was...
Aug 5, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Rachel Johnson @ In These Times. Excerpt below: Some argue that, to truly address mass incarceration, it is necessary to advance policies towards rehabilitating—and freeing—people charged with violent crimes. A focus on ending the war on drugs is insufficient, as...