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WCADP members place candles at the
Washington State Capitol on Friday, December 3rd to mark the 1,000th
execution in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in
1976.
In
Washington
More than half
the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty in law or in
practice.
Washington bans the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile
offenders. Prisoners are
now executed by lethal injection unless they choose hanging. There have
been 77 executions in the state since 1904, the most recent being that
of James Elledge on August 28, 2001. All but one man executed in
Washington’s modern era gave up appeals and requested death.
"An
eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
-- Mahatma Ghandi
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Headlines: Innocent
North Carolina
Man Exonerated After 14 Years On Death Row
(5/2/08)
An innocent man who spent 14 years on
North Carolina
’s death row after being wrongfully convicted for a 1987 murder will
be released from prison today (May 2nd)...(more) Murder
victim's father speaks with StoryCorps (2/14/08)
Hector Black lost his daughter
when she was murdered by an intruder. His recording describes the
terrible sense of loss, the horrific circumstances of her
death, and the compassion and forgiveness he was able to
find. This recording is incredibly powerful and offers an insight
into the death penalty in a way that is seldom covered by mainstream
media.
This audio segment is provided courtesy of StoryCorps. The StoryCorps mission
is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. www.storycorps.
net. All rights reserved. © 2008.
Death
penalty ruled out in Graham slayings (2/13/08)
A man accused of killing his neighbors in rural Graham last November,
just months after he was freed from prison, will not face execution in
exchange for a guilty plea...(more)
No
Death Penalty For Carnation Suspects, Relative Says (1/11/08)
The nephew of a woman accused of
slaughtering six members of her family said he does not want her or her
alleged accomplice to face the death penalty...(more)
Debunking
the Death Penalty Deterrence Myth (1/7/08)
Imagine the moments leading up to
a murder. Are we to believe a person about to commit a homicide would
consider whether or not his state has a death penalty as opposed to just
life imprisonment without the possibility of release?...(more)
Winter
Newsletter Online
The Winter 2007 WCADP is available through the website at the link
above.
UN
Assembly calls for death penalty ban (12/18/07)
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday
voted 104-54 to adopt a moratorium on the death penalty, defeating vocal
opposition from countries that maintain the practice does not violate
human rights..(more)
NJ
Senate votes to abolish death penalty (12/10/07)
As the New Jersey Legislature prepares to decide this week whether to
become the first state to repeal the death penalty since the United
States Supreme Court allowed executions to resume in 1976, Mr. Harris’s
case renews focus on issues of justice and morality in the debate over
capital punishment...(more)
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