Tag Archives: death penalty

Richmond icon steps into history at Oxford debate

By: Robert Rogers | July 21, 2011 – 6:00 am

Long time anti-death penalty advocate Barbara Becnel represented her point of view with a triumphal debate at Oxford Union.

Becnel to headline anti-death penalty event in Richmond

By: Robert Rogers | June 24, 2011 – 8:45 am

With controversy over California’s use of capital punishment intensifying, anti-death penalty activists are looking to expand their outreach statewide – including into Richmond.

A Richmond activist fights gangs and governors

By: Natalie F. Jones | January 12, 2010 – 6:00 am

It’s not hard to imagine how Barbara Becnel charmed her way into spending more than 12 hours a day with Los Angeles gangsters for a...