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A graphic reads 'Movements have been fighting for a fair commutation process for years. After decades of a completely broken commutation system, today's hearing is evidence that we are taking some small steps in the right direction.' -Amistad Law Project

Small Progress at the Board of Pardons September Hearings

February 5, 2021
Amistad Law Project’s Statement on the September 2020 Public Hearings at the Board of Pardons Today we celebrate small progress at the Board of...
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Amistad's Solidarity Statement to Philadelphians Fighting for Black Lives

February 5, 2021
We are not new to struggle. We are not new to fighting the state, to the cost of antiblackness, to the harm of capitalism. We are writing this...
Title card for Move It Forward features pictures of Naomi Blount Wilson and Lily Rorick and reads 'Episode 5 Reopening Hope at the Board of Pardons

New Episode of Move It Forward: Reopening Hope at the Board of Pardons

February 5, 2021
Listen to Move It Forward Episode 5 on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. As much as “mass incarceration” and “criminal justice...
A graphic shows illustrations of members of the Board of Pardons and reads "We demand that the Board of Pardons make clemency decisions based on who an incarcerated person is today, the remorse they demonstrate, and their personal transformation

25 Organizations Call on Board of Pardons to End Victim Opposition Bias

February 5, 2021
To Members of the Board of Pardons, We are heartened by signs of progress towards restoring the historic role of the Board of Pardons as a mechanism...
A photo of Walter Wallace Jr. and his mother has the text Demand Justice overlaid on top of it.

Amistad Statement on the Police Murder of Walter Wallace Jr.

February 4, 2021
Walter Wallace, Jr. should be alive today. This young man — a son, a dad, a twin, a newlywed — should be home with his family.