Jan 26, 2019 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Photo above courtesy of Andrea Bichan/VOCAL-NY Dozens of criminal justice reform advocates took to the steps of the Queens Criminal Court Monday to demand change at the DA’s office. Article by Bill Parry, QNS Dozens of justice reform advocates spent much of...
Jan 26, 2019 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
Cuomo Denies Clemency to Criminalized Survivors of Gender Violence For the eighth straight year, Governor Cuomo has refused to use his clemency power to combat the rampant criminalization of efforts to survive sexual and domestic violence. Survived and Punished NY...
Dec 19, 2018 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
Survived & Punished joins thousands of others in the call for the clemency of Cyntoia Brown, a young Black woman in Tennessee who, in 2004, was sentenced to life imprisonment for defending her life while in the sex industry at 16-years-old. TAKE ACTION: Visit...
Nov 28, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates |
On November 21, 2018, Tammy Garvin was commuted by Governor Jerry Brown!! We are elated that Tammy now has a chance at parole and release. Tammy is a survivor of domestic violence and sex trafficking who was sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP),...
