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  • About Lifers With Optimistic Progress
    • Mission Statement
    • Our Flyer
    • Self-Help Operational Guideline
    • Show your Support and Spread the Word!
  • Members of the LWOP-group
    • William Curl
    • Donald Boston
    • Eugene Cate for the LWOP-Group
    • Richard Brown
    • Changed Lives: Lifers with sentences commuted
      • Changed Lives
      • Eric Clark
    • Steven Jones Jr
    • Written Declaration: Achievements
    • Search for Redemption
    • Duane Angelo Gittens
    • Haiji Whitsey
    • Billy Davis
    • Robert Henry
    • Deandre Hill
    • Meet Roy L. Walker
    • Antione Crecy
    • Willie Bailey
    • Clemeth Castille
    • Eric Lockhart
    • Troy Lee Johnson
    • Kenny Moore: Dreams Derailed or Deferred – My Story
    • Willie Morris Clay II
    • Miguel Rivera
    • Kenneth Allen
    • Clifford Hayter
    • Chad Rhodes
    • Douglas Lee Wright
    • Michael R. Dorrough
    • Joseph Jackson
    • Kenneth Eugene Gage
    • Damone Johnson
    • Ruben Contreras
    • Carlos Foster
    • Joseph Bell
    • Michael Brown
  • Life Line for Youthful Offenders
    • Carlos Foster
  • Reports about LWOP
    • Reports about LWOP
    • Families United to End LWOP (F.U.E.L.)
    • SB 1437: Accomplice Liability for Murder – by Judge J. Richard Couzens (2019)
    • Forms and Info for Clemency, Commutations, Pardons
  • Contact

Tag: Life Without Parole

Wiliam Curl

My name is Willian Curl. At 18 years old, I was arrested for a gang-related, capital murder. Because of my … More

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Billy Davis’ Bio

This bio for Billy Davis was written in collaboration with his mother (Janet Davis). you see, Billy is developmentally disabled and … More

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Robert Henry

Congratulations my fellow prisoners who maintained the struggle and faith in the fight to get parole consideration for many prisoners … More

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Introducing Deandre Hill

Hi there – my name is Deandre Hill, I am 29 years old, and I am serving a sentence of … More

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Letter from a Lifer Without Parole with Positive News

A letter by a Lifer Without Parole, published in San Quentin News, which shows how much a Lifer can change for … More

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Kenneth Moore: Dreams Derailed or Deferred My Story

It’s funny how throughout childhood and adolescence, one can dream so bright and vividly about his/her future; a future vision that … More

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Launch of Petition to End Life Without Parole – 5 March 2018

Hey All… spread the word and be ready to put your signature once this petition is launched!

California, Families to End Life Without Parole, Life Without Parole, Lifers With Optimistic Progress (LWOP)

When we don’t fight hate, we are preparing for others to die

by Michael ‘Zaharibu’ Dorrough Originally published in: SF Bayview, Dec. 24, 2016 “You can never solve a problem with the … More

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Ruben Contreras

I have been in prison for 27 years. I am doing an LWOP (Life without Possibility of Parole) for aiding … More

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Carlos Foster

Carlos Foster CDCR# F67464 “The Life of Being a LWOP On a Journey Trying To Regain My Redemption From My … More

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Legislative links on life / LWOP sentences in CA

  • SB 1437 Accomplice liability for felony murder (2017-2018)

Blogroll

  • ARC (The Anti-Recidivism Coalition)
  • “Life After Limbo: An Examination of Parole Release for Prisoners Serving Life Sentences with the Possibility of Parole in California.” (2011)
  • Bridges to Freedom
  • California Coalition for Women Prisoners
  • California Reentry program
  • Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
  • Fair Chance Project
  • Life Support Alliance
  • Positive Interventions: Rehabilitation through Regeneration
  • Prop 47 (California)
  • Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)
  • Spoon Jackson Realness Network
  • Uncuffed, on KALW

Tags

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