June 30: California’s Day of Action to End the Death Penalty

The Equal Justice Society is deeply committed to racial justice and preserving human dignity for all people. Consistent with these commitments, we have joined the fight to help stop executions in California, and we encourage you to join us. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recently released new regulations on its lethal injectionContinueContinue reading “June 30: California’s Day of Action to End the Death Penalty”

June 30: California’s Day of Action to End the Death Penalty

The Equal Justice Society is deeply committed to racial justice and preserving human dignity for all people. Consistent with these commitments, we have joined the fight to help stop executions in California, and we encourage you to join us. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recently released new regulations on its lethal injectionContinueContinue reading “June 30: California’s Day of Action to End the Death Penalty”

LGBT Legal Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (EJS board member Kate Kendell is NLCR’s executive director), Lambda Legal, the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, GLAD and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force issued a statement today objecting to the Obama administration’s recent filing in support of the a law that discriminates against LGBT. (San Francisco, CA,ContinueContinue reading “LGBT Legal Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA”