Nancy Mullane
ReporterNancy Mullane develops, reports, and produces feature stories for This American Life, National Public Radio, and KALW. She is the author of the book Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption.
She is a member of the Society for Professional Journalists, the Association of Independents in Radio, and the International Women’s Media Foundation.
In 2011, Nancy was the recipient of a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
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CrosscurrentsBetween 2000 and 2009, 57,000 men and women convicted of murder were released from state and federal prison.By the time convicted murderers are released,…
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California has the largest death row population in the United States, with 727 men and women living in four condemned housing units. All 20 women…
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William (Mike) Dennis has been on San Quentin's death row for 24 years, and on North Segregation for 17 years. He spoke with KALW’s Nancy Mullane on…
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In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all executions…
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Thirty years ago, the state spent three percent of its general fund dollars on corrections and prisons. Today it spends more than 11 percent – that’s $10…
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A Mexican immigrant gardener in the Bay Area has just been awarded a $100,000 National Purpose Prize for his work raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to send Hispanic kids to college. Catalino Tapia saved all his money to send his son to college. When his son graduated, he got the idea to create Bay Area Gardeners Foundation to help other Hispanic youth get a college education.