The Dallas Morning News’s death penalty blog has posted the testimonies that MVFHR members Bob Curley, Bill Babbitt, and Renny Cushing delivered at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva today, with the title "Victims’ Families Speak Out Against the Death Penalty." Take a (...) >continue
Renny Cushing is the founder and Executive Director of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights. His father’s murder in 1988 has shaped his work as an advocate for crime victims and as an opponent of capital punishment. As a victim-abolitionist Renny has been a pioneer in the effort to bridge (...) >continue
In 1998, Vicki Schieber’s 23-year-old daughter, Shannon, was killed in Philadelphia while Shannon was a graduate student at Penn. Vicki is a member of the board of directors of Murder Victims Families for Human Rights, which is a member of the PA Moratorium Coalition, and speaks here in favor of (...) >continue