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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

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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