Free Debbie Peagler

We, the undersigned, urge the California Department of Corrections Board of Parole Hearings and Governor Schwarzenegger to take immediate action to release Deborah Peagler (W#19341) from state prison. Debbie is a battered woman who was diagnosed in February 2009 with Stage IV lung cancer. According to medical reports, she has only days or months left to live.

Debbie already has served 26 years of a 25-to-life sentence despite the fact that in 2005, the Los Angeles District Attorney acknowledged in writing that she should be released from prison with credit for time served in the interests of justice.

Deborah Peagler poses absolutely no risk to public safety and should be released immediately to spend her remaining days with her family and other loved ones. Please do not let this battered woman die in prison.

For more information, see www.freedebbie.org