Connecticut Committee Endorses Abolition
Yesterday Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee voted in favor of repealing the death penalty. It will now be up to the full House and Senate to vote up or down on whether Connecticut will finally get rid...
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Paying Respect to the Kerry Sisters
The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge I have never been numb to the loss of human life in murder cases, though my work to end the death penalty has meant that I have spent most of my time trying to prevent the...
View ArticleConnecticut Senate Passes Death Penalty Repeal!
Overcoming a major hurdle, death penalty repeal in Connecticut has passed in the state Senate by a vote of 20-16. The bill, with the endorsement of 179 murder victim family members, would remove the...
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Connecticut Death Penalty Abolished! (California Next?)
With his signature, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law the repeal of Connecticut’s death penalty, making his state the 17th, and the 5th in the last 5 years, to do away with capital...
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No Mercy In Georgia
Clemency was denied for Warren Hill despite his diagnosis of mental retardation. The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles has disgraced itself, and the state it represents … again. The Georgia...
View Article10 Reasons Death Penalty Abolition is Coming
Today is the 10th World Day Against the Death Penalty, an annual October 10 event created by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty of which Amnesty International is a founding member. Since...
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In Maryland: Victims, Not Vengeance?
Maryland Governor O’Malley Joins Pastors’ March on Annapolis to repeal the death penalty in Maryland in 2009. Passage of Maryland’s death penalty repeal bill in 2013 would be historic, and not only...
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Maryland Legislature Passes Death Penalty Abolition!
Today the Maryland House of Delegates followed the lead of the state Senate and passed the death penalty repeal bill. The bill now goes to Governor Martin O’Malley who almost certainly will sign it,...
View ArticleMaryland Must Support Victims’ Families
The abolition of the death penalty in Maryland mattered to many victims’ families; that’s one of the reasons it passed. Also important for these families was the funding originally attached to the...
View ArticleWho’s Next To Abolish The Death Penalty – Delaware?
The state of Delaware is known as the “Small Wonder”, but it has a surprisingly large death row. With 17 men (10 of them African American) facing execution, Delaware’s death row is more than twice as...
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