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Support a National Death Moratorium
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Progressive Portal
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Jan 17, 2002 21:02 PST
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[From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)]
You can send a free fax regarding the action alert below at:
http://www.aclu.org/action/dpmoratorium107.html
Send a letter supporting a California execution moratorium at:
http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/deathpenalty/
STOP WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS: SUPPORT A NATIONAL MORATORIUM!
Both supporters and opponents of the death penalty are concerned about
the flaws in the system by which the government imposes sentences of
death. More and more Americans agree that there are enough serious
concerns about fairness and accuracy in the imposition of the death
penalty that there should be a moratorium on the use of the death
penalty until these fundamental concerns are addressed.
Since the reinstatement of the modern death penalty, 95 people have been
freed from death row because they were later proven innocent. That's 1
innocent person for every 7 persons executed. And a recent study found
that 2 of every 3 death penalty cases contain errors so severe that the
death sentences and convictions are overturned.
Before one more federal execution is carried out, the federal government
has an obligation to ensure that the sentence of death will be imposed
with justice, fairness and due process.
To address this concern, Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) and
Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) have introduced the "National
Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001" (S. 233, H.R. 1038). This
legislation would impose a moratorium on federal executions while
creating a National Commission on the Death Penalty to review fairness
in the administration of capital punishment.
Send a fax to Congress:
http://www.aclu.org/action/dpmoratorium107.html
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