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The Death Penalty Blog is the blog of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, which looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error.
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http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2008/11/05/this-is-our-last-post--subscribe-to-the-new-amnesty-blog.htmInnocence and the death penalty
http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2008/11/04/innocence-and-the-death-penalty.htmThe recent execution of Gregory Wright in Texas reminds us that possible innocence will not always shield an inmate from the death chamber. Gregory Wright was convicted of murdering Donna Vick in 1997 along with accomplice John Adams. Mr. …
When Victims and their Familes are Against Capital Punishment
http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2008/10/31/when-victims-and-their-familes-are-against-capital-punishment.htmA district attorney in North Carolina will seek the death penalty despite opposition to capital punishment by the victim and her family. Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall announced in August that he would seek the death penalty for the murder of Eve Carson, former student-body president of the University of North Carolina. …
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Philadelphia Freedom Blog
http://phillyfreedom.blogspot.comr. All along, Wright had maintained his innocence. But don't just take his word for it. Don't even consider the lie detector test that backed up his claims of innocence. Instead, let's turn to science. Let's take a look at the physical evidence. And... Voila! We have DNA evidence that suggests that Wright is innocent. But, despite this evidence, the Supreme Court turned its back on Wright's case in the eleventh hour, as it did with Davis. But, unlike Davis, Wright didn't have a lower court come to his rescue with a new legal angle. He just wasn't
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DeathWatch North Carolina
http://deathwatch.wordpress.comkilled their baby sisters. Trying to understand how reasonable, non-psychotic people would now choose to take their father’s life would create another layer of distrust and tragedy that certainly would do nothing to aid in their healing. (c/o Amnesty)
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The Lonely Abolitionist
http://www.lonelyabolitionist.comAmnesty International published a letterTroy Davis wrote to his sister for her to share with his supporters. He wrote the letter the night before his scheduled execution. It provides a nice glimpse of the man Troy Davis is today. You can find the letter here
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Notre Dame Against State Killing
http://ndask.blogspot.comAmnesty International, USA Death Penalty Blog
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For Victims, Against the Death Penalty
http://mvfhr.blogspot.comAmnesty Int'l's Death Penalty Blog
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Asia Death Penalty
http://asiadeathpenalty.blogspot.comAmnesty USA's DP blog
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Headlines elsewhere
http://www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/blog/?p=3302in addition to trials. Posting will continue to be light through at least the end of the week. Elsewhere headlines read: From DPIC - Live Radio Show Covers Issues in Texas Executions From AI’s DP blog - Hidden Victims of the Death Penalty-What about Death Row Family Members? TCASK note’s Tennessee’s The StandDown Texas Project hasTx BPP Rejects Wood Clemency Bid - Updated &The Charles Hood Case he Baltimore Sun notes>Panel debates cost of executing someone in Md.
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Headlines elsewhere
http://www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/blog/?p=3302appearances in addition to trials. Posting will continue to be light through at least the end of the week. Elsewhere headlines read: From DPIC - Live Radio Show Covers Issues in Texas Executions From AI’s DP blog - Hidden Victims of the Death Penalty-What about Death Row Family Members? TCASK note’s Tennessee’s The StandDown Texas Project hasTx BPP Rejects Wood Clemency Bid - Updated &The Charles Hood Case
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DeathWatch North Carolina
http://deathwatch.wordpress.comBiblical vengeance, “an eye for an eye.” Then, I would hope and pray that some other emotion took over, one that rejects legal as well as illegal violence in a world that has always had more than its share of both.” Elsewhere Amnesty International and StandDown reflect on the predicament of Raymond Riles, a Texas inmate who has languished on death row for 33 years because even Texas agrees he’s too mentally ill to execute. Still, Texas will not allow Mr. Riles to be moved from death row, the restrictive condi
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Keine Todesstrafe - No Death Penalty
http://keinetodesstrafe-nodeathpenalty.blogspot.comDeath Penalty