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Open letter from Episcopal Bishops to the MD General Assembly |
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"Responding to killing with more killing will not make society less
violent. Retaliating for death with death is not simply punishment but
a further justification of violence as a way of life. We simply cannot
kill our way out of the violence."
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The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment report recommends repeal |
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By a vote of 13-9 the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment recommended
Friday to abolish the death penalty in Maryland. The votes on the
individual issues studied by the Commission where not nearly as close
as the final tally suggests. For example by a vote of 20-1 the
Commissioners found that race and jurisdictional differences infect
capital cases in that state. By a vote of 17-4 that the death penalty
is not a deterrent to crime in Maryland. By a vote of 19-2 "[d]espite
the advance of forensic sciences, particularly DNA testing, the risk of
execution of an innocent person is a real possibility."
By a vote of 20-1, the Commissioners additionally concluded that death
is harder on murder victims' family members than life without parole. DPIC has more.
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Abolishing the Death Penalty in the Era of Hope by Diann Rust-Tierney |
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A November 22, 2008 article for the Huffington Post by the executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Join Us At The Annual NCADP Conference in January |
NCADP 2009: Training for the Long Run
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
January 22 – January 25
Interested in attending???
Email Beth at
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or call her at 434-960-7779 for more info
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This I Believe essay by Sr Helen Prejean |
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