Gallery of Victims' Stories

Victims' family members who oppose the death penalty come to that opposition from a variety of experiences and beliefs, but all challenge the common assumption that anyone who has lost a family member to murder is in favor of capital punishment.  All challenge the notion that executions are the way to achieve justice or closure for the family that murder leaves behind.  

 This section of our website aims to put real faces on victim opposition to the death penalty by presenting photos and statements from survivors throughout the United States and around the world, along with photos of the murder victim and links to further information.  

We invite you to browse by location or by name, and to print out these pages to distribute them to lawmakers, students, members of the clergy, as you find it helpful to do so.

We will be adding to this gallery regularly in the coming weeks and months, so check back often – and let us know if you'd like to have your own photo and statement included.  

 

Names:

Stanley Allridge
Barbara Allen
Anthony Aversano
Bill Babbitt
Desiree Babbitt
Michael Berg
Jo Berry
Jeanne Bishop 
Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins
Hector and Susie Black
Antoinette Bosco
Elizabeth Brancato
Ron Callen
Clementina Chery
Beatrice Coleman
Pam Crawford
Cathy Crino
Robert Curley
Renny Cushing
Tina Duroy
Walter Everett
Debra Fifer
Loretta Filipov
Jim Fowler
Aba Gayle
Terry Greene
Clemmie Greenlee
Melanie Hebert
Susan Hirsch
Regina Hockett
Bill Jenkins
Milton Jones
Azim Khamisa
Art Laffin
Gus and Audrey Lamm
Marietta Jaeger Lane
Theresa Matthews
Celia McWee
Robert Meeropol
Derrel Myers
Richard Nethercut
Bill Pelke
Ida Reid
Gail Rice
Brian Roberts
Orlando Rodriguez
Gordon and Elaine Rondeau
Vicki Schieber
Pat Seaborn
Bonnita Spikes
James Staub
Robin Theurkauf
Shane Truett
Marie Verzulli
Jonnie Warner

Bud Welch
Amanda and Nick Wilcox
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