Save Lives Now, Don’t Wait to Kill
“If we can save lives, shouldn’t we always? And if we can do that now rather than wait to kill someone later, why wouldn’t we do that?…” Laura Finley Published in: LA Progressive, Counterpunch, Progressive Party USA, Anchorage Press, Z Net, Black Star News, Global Diaspora News, Date: April 25,26,27,28,2020 438 Words For the full […]
The death penalty is barbaric and ineffective
“October 10 is World Day Against the Death Penalty. That the U.S. continues to use this broken and antiquated system of (in)justice …” Author: Laura Finley Published in: Sierra County California Prospect, Gilmer West Virginia Free Press, Florence Alabama Courier Journal, LA Progressive, Counterpunch Date: 2019, October 8, 9, 10, 29 480 words For the […]
January 16, 2017
January 17th
““I won’t be able to make that appointment as I’ll be in jail next Tuesday,” I told the nurse who was setting the date for my checkup to remove stiches…” Jack Payden-Travers Published in: Pagosa Daily Post, Sierra County Prospect, LA Progressive The Tomahawk Date: January 17,18,2016,January 25,2017 631 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Roof Sentenced to Death
“Dylann Roof was sentenced to death for murdering nine people participating in a Bible study to which he had been welcomed…” Rachel Halfrida Cunliffe Published in: Kitsap Scene, LA Progressive Date: January 11,12,2017 556 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
It’s Time to Stop Tinkering
“Most of us have that person in our life—maybe we even are that person—who hates to throw anything away and thus, despite multiple problems over a length of time, will tinker with something …” Laura Finley, Ph.D. Published in: Grassroots Press, Counterpunch, The PeaceWorker, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press, Gilmer Free Press(second time) Date: […]
Repeal of the death penalty is a step toward peace
“Antonyms for “peace” could be any of the following: War, disagreement, hate, discord, agitation, disharmony, distress, frustration, upset, worry, disturbance. We can add the “death penalty” as an antonym to “peace.” The American death penalty is the tip of the sword that is emblematic of the violent nature that continues to exist in much of […]