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Court Rules Lethal Injection OK in Tennessee |
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Over 600 NC Clergy Have Endorsed PFADP's Clergy Sign-On Letter for the NC Racial Justice Act -
Join Them Today!
In 2009 the NC Racial Justice Act was introduced to the NC House of Representatives, House Bill 472, and the NC Senate, Senate Bill 461. The Racial Justice Act would allow a person accused of a capital crime the opportunity of a court review of whether race played a part in the prosecutor's decision to seek the death penalty.
If you are a clergy member living in North Carolina, please endorse our clergy sign-on letter for the NC Racial Justice Act. Please note that you do not need to be a leader of a faith community to endorse the letter, you just need to be an ordained clergy member.
The endorsement in your name only, not the name of your faith community (if you are a faith leader), and affiliations are for identification purposes only. Click on the following link to immediately endorse the NC Racial Justice Act Clergy Sign-On Letter:
If you are a clergy member, simply click here to endorse the letter now.
You can also call, email, or mail the information to us: 919.933.7567;
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; 110 W. Main St., Ste. 2-G, Carrboro, NC 27510.
If you are not a clergy member, please ask any clergy members you know to endorse the letter today. They do not need to sign this interfaith letter, but just complete the contact information at the bottom and call, e-mail, or mail the information to us: 919.933.7567;
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House Committee Narrowly Approves Racial Justice Act; Cost Estimates Released |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
by Matt Saldaña
By a 7-6 vote, the House Judiciary I Committee approved a "clean" version of the Racial Justice Act (SB 461), which would prevent the execution of defendants who can prove race was an underlying factor in the decision to seek, or impose, the death penalty at the time of their trial. Meanwhile, a rough cost estimate has been published, with prosecutors and defense attorneys disagreeing over whether the bill would cost, or save, the state money. |
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When Governments Kill: A Conservative Argues for Abolishing the Death Penalty |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
Sojourners Magazine July 2009
by Richard A. Viguerie
On most public policy matters, Jim Wallis and I disagree. Both of us, however, do believe that the death penalty should be abolished — although we may not agree on how that should be done. |
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NC House Takes Up Anti-Bias Death Penalty Bill |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina legislative committee has narrowly advanced a bill supporters say could counteract racial bias that might put a murder defendant on North Carolina's death row. |
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State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy (Washington) |
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
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Dr. Marc Stern drew an ethical "line in the sand" prohibiting all 700 health-care staff members in Washington's prisons from participating in the death penalty. Little did Stern know how involved his staffers were in the planning for a lethal injection. |
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