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NC DA: “It may be the time to decide we are not a death penalty state.” |
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Friday, 03 September 2010 |
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Jim Woodall, district attorney from Orange and Chatham Counties in North Carolina, is the immediate past president of the NC Conference of District Attorneys. In the wake of the NC SBI being found to have fabricated and distorted evidence in hundreds of cases, including those of three men executed by the State of North Carolina, Mr. Woodall made numerous comments that question whether North Carolina should have the death penalty. Below are comments he has made in the media, some transcribed from radio interviews, and links to the sources. |
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
We are still reeling about the revelation that the NC SBI omitted, overstated or falsely reported on blood evidence in hundreds of cases, including those of three men who were executed. And we cringe to think what will be found if all six of the SBI crime labs are investigated, particularly in regard to their work on death penalty cases - which needs to happen.
We want to ensure that your voice is heard about this grave miscarriage of justice and provide you with the opportunity to easily take action. |
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 |
 Emory Conference Center, Atlanta November 16 & 17, 2010
From now through the next decade will be a kairos moment on the death penalty. It’s a new day – a special time – to which more and more religious communities are awakening.
The Kairos Conference: Discerning Justice and Taking Action is a national conference marking this special moment for the religious community in America to learn, discern, pray, and chose to act on the death penalty. It is the first interfaith conference on religious organizing on the death penalty in the United States this century.
Early registration begins August 9, 2010. For more information, click the button reading The Kairos Conference to the right of this message.
Save the date and RSVP for this spectacular national conference exploring faith and the death penalty!
Join conference chair and Dead Man Walking author Sr. Helen Prejean, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador Bianca Jagger, world-renown speakers, and leaders of national, state, and local faith communities and groups for an inspirational and educational experience. |
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In Light of NC SBI, a Time for Repentance & Repeal |
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 |
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August 18, 2010 -- In light of today's news that the state of North Carolina executed several men and condemned scores of others to prison based upon evidence that was manufactured by seriously flawed laboratory testing by the SBI, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty asks all North Carolinians, in whose names these men were condemned, to:
First, pray, reflect, and repent this weekend.
Second, to petition the NC General Assembly to repeal the death penalty.
Third, to petition Gov. Bev Perdue to commute the death sentences of every person currently on North Carolina's death row.
Fourth, to petition Attorney General Roy Cooper to create an independent and thorough investigation of all death penalty cases and the SBI's activities and laboratory work in each.
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Fire Off a Letter to the Editor |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
Of the 159 people on death row in North Carolina, 148 have filed claims under the NC Racial Justice Act. As you can imagine, this is generating a lot of media coverage.
You can take action right now and show your support for the Racial Justice Act by writing a letter-to-the-editor.
You can easily build your letter based on talking points we’re providing. Click here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1576/letter/?letter_KEY=1325
Writing a letter-to-the-editor is one of the most powerful actions that you can take because members of your community, including elected officials, pay attention to the public opinion section of newspapers.
Here are some recent articles on the Racial Justice Act:
• “Study ties race to death penalty”: http://bit.ly/aXpFoo
• “Editorial: Find out - Fairness is no threat under Racial Justice Act”: http://bit.ly/bodeYV
• “MSU law professors believe race might factor into death penalty: http://bit.ly/b9cbaS
• “Death row inmates appeal for life under RJA”: http://bit.ly/9vc8mS
• “Registering for racial justice”: http://bit.ly/dkwZXb
Compose a letter-to-the-editor by clicking here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1576/letter/?letter_KEY=1325
Thank you for taking action! |
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119 on Death Row Allege Bias |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
The News & Observer
By Anne Blythe - Staff Writer
North Carolina's death row could be much smaller if all the inmates claiming that racial bias played a part in their trials and death sentences are successful in challenges filed over the past week.
Tuesday was the deadline for death row inmates to seek to have their death sentences converted to life without parole under the fledgling Racial Justice Act, and by late afternoon, the state Attorney General's Office had received notice that 119 of the 159 death row inmates were seeking such relief. |
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