All people, at least indirectly, are morally affected when states impose a death sentence.

The death penalty is a crime against humanity.

This pledge states that you do not agree with the perpetration of sexual violence, and that you will work with those of us at The Project to educate others as well as do your best to stop the crime of sexual violence.

The death penalty should be repealed in ALL cases. It is costly, it is not a deterrent to crime, it kills people who are innocent of the crime, it is unfairly applied to African Americans and other people of color, it prolongs the grief and suffering of the victims' family. The U.S. takes a spot behind China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia for the most executions in the world last year, sitting ahead of Yemen and the Sudan. All other Western countries have abolished the death penalty. The passed Senate Bill would replace the death penalty with life sentences without parole.

A federal judge ordered California's corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex change surgery. U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco ruled that denying sex reassignment surgery to 51-year-old Michelle-Lael Norsworthy , who's birth name is Jeffery Bryan Norsworthy, violates his constitutional rights. Corrections officials, in previous court filings, argued that Norsworthy has received proper medical and mental health care for more than 15 years and is in no immediate medical danger if the surgery is not performed. His care included counseling, mental health treatment and hormone therapy that the department said "has changed his physical appearance and voice to that of a woman" while helping him find his gender identity. That care is consistent with what other judges nationwide have found to be appropriate for transgender inmates, the department said. Norsworthy has been in prison since 1987, serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and has a history of domestic violence. He has twice delayed his scheduled parole hearings in recent months while awaiting a ruling on his gender reassignment surgery. This elective surgery could cost the already heavily burdened tax payers up to $100,000. Norsworthy is a convicted murderer who has been a tax burden on the people for nearly 30 years. As a prisoner, he already receives superior medical care when compared to many honest and hard working citizens. Why should we the people front the bill for this non life saving surgery for a violent criminal when most law abiding citizens could not afford the same surgery? If this ruling is upheld, it could lay the case law foundation for many repeat occurrences. Norsworthy has delayed his parole hearings twice which leads to speculation that he is willingly keeping himself incarcerated solely to receive this elective surgery on the tax payers dime. Do we really want to lay the groundwork for future abuse of the system where people commit crimes with the intent of being sent to prison and forcing the tax payer to fund their elective and cosmetic surgeries? It's time to take a stand. Let our government officials know that the people of the United States of America will not sit idly by and watch our tax dollars wasted. Thank you for your support.

Citizens of conscience in Delaware believe the state should not have authority to kill. Many of us believe the Almighty holds that taking a life, except in self-defense, is objectively wrong. We also know from many studies of capital punishment that it does not deter murder. Rates of murder are not lower in states having the highest rates of capital punishment. Accordingly, if such taking of life is ineffective as a deterrent, what possible justification for it do we have? We think none.

My brother has been incarcerated for 10 years in a Texas state prison, we as his family believe that the 10 years he has already served is sufficient punishment for his actions. He has a 11 year old son who really needs his father in his life, our mother hasn't been the same without him. Please take in consideration that their has been other cases similar to his case and have been sentenced to less time then what our brother has been sentenced to.

Brent Mallo has been jailed for over a year, falsley accused of sexual abuse 20 years ago by a woman that has made the same claims against numerous men. She is a fraud. Mallo has been ripped from his family, denied health care, went through a mistrial, and in this tiny town everyone knows everyone and the re trial needs moved out of 49th circuit. There is no way a Judge or Jury can be unbiased as everyone knows everyone including the prosecutor. Tyler Thompson and Judge Hill Kennedy.

My sister Miriam was shot and killed by unknown members of the U.S. Secret Service Police and U.S Capital Police in Washington, D.C.. While details of other police involved shooting deaths have been made public, the details and facts in my sister's case still remain withheld from the Carey family and U.S. public at large. We call for transparency in the shooting death of Miriam Carey.

Those who lied under oath in an effort to send Darren Wilson to prison must be held accountable.

The science is in on this issue, marijuana is safe, far safer than alcohol. Colorado has shown, this can be done. We can pull Pennsylvania out of the pension problem, fix the school funding, and cut property taxes, just with the tax revenue, while putting thousands to work here in PA

We need a No Tolerance law for Ohio, like Kentucky has, to charge dealers for murder, not manslaughter. Put the addicts in rehab, not jail.