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.   

MVFHR’s Gallery of Victims’ Stories 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 name or by location, and to print out these pages to distribute them to lawmakers, students, members of the clergy, other victims’ family members, as you find it helpful to do so.   We regularly add new pages to the Gallery, so check back often – and let us know if you'd like to have your own photo and statement included.

A print version of the Gallery of Victims' Stories is available in Japanese.

Name:
Stanley Allridge
Barbara Allen
Arnie Alpert
Anthony Aversano
Bill Babbitt
Desiree Babbitt
Michael Berg
Jo Berry
Jeanne Bishop
Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins
Hector and Susie Black
Antoinette Bosco
Elizabeth Brancato
Joe Bruce
Ron Callen
Ron Carlson
Clementina Chery
Tamara Chikunova
Beatrice Coleman
Charisse Coleman
Pam Crawford
Kim Crespi
Cathy Crino
Robert Curley
Renny Cushing
Kathy Dillon
Tina Duroy
Walter Everett
Debra Fifer
Loretta Filipov
Jim Fowler
Aba Gayle
Terry Greene
Clemmie Greenlee
Linda Gregory
Margaret Hawthorn
Melanie Hebert
Susan Hirsch
Regina Hockett
Carla Jacobs
Bill Jenkins
Milton Jones
Olivia Suzy Klassen
Bess Klassen-Landis
Judy Kerr
Azim Khamisa
Art Laffin
Gus and Audrey Lamm
Marietta Jaeger Lane
Yolanda Littlejohn
Theresa Matthews
Barbara McNally
Robert Meeropol
Derrel Myers
Julie Nelson
Bill Pelke
Ida Reid
Gail Rice
Brian Roberts
Lois and Ken Robison
Orlando Rodriguez
Gordon and Elaine Rondeau
Vicki Schieber
Pat Seaborn
Bonnita Spikes
James Staub
Charles Strobel
Robin Theurkauf
Shane Truett
Marie Verzulli
Jonnie Warner
Pat Webdale
Bud Welch
Amanda and Nick Wilcox