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DROP LWOP COALITION

• Co-Sponsored legislation to reform the unjust felony murder special circumstances law and restore judicial discretion in LWOP sentencing.
• Premiered a new video – Life Without Parole – Special Circumstances and the Other Death Penalty.
• Co-Sponsored lobby days in Sacramento to educate legislators about Life Without Parole – the other death penalty.
• Inaugurated a newsletter, DROP LWOP NEWS, by and for the 5,000+ people with LWOP sentences in California.
• Advocated in courts for resentencing of people with LWOP sentences based on changes to the law.
• Supported pardons for immigrants whose LWOP sentences had been commuted and were facing deportation.
• Joined with organizations around the country to bring a complaint to the U. N. about LWOP and other forms of Death By Incarceration.