5.02.02 countering the death penalty

Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Don't Let those who Kill Turn Us into Killers: NH Legislator's Rejection of Vengeance Sways House

Ken Wiwa
Authors: Renny Cushing

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They took enough from me. I won't let them take away my values.

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Abolishing the Death Penalty in New Mexico: Lessons Learned in a Long Campaign

Justice for Troy Davis Protester
Authors: Viki Elkey

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Long term organizing, a focus on anti-death penalty families, and the exonerees made the difference.

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Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

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Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Memorializing 9430 Victims of the Death Penalty in Iran... and Counting

Authors: %anonymous

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Historic Foundations of Cooperative Philosophy

Authors: Greg Lawless

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We shall ever fail to realize our ideal, but we should never cease to strive for it.

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