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Prevent Juvenile Death Sentence
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Progressive Portal
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Feb 03, 2003 23:48 PST
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PREVENT DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN
ACCUSED OF COMMITTING CRIME WHEN A JUVENILE
[from Amnesty International USA]
Action page:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2428
The retrial of Lawrence Jacobs (male, black, age 22) in Jefferson
Parish, Louisiana, which had been due to begin on 26 January 2003, has
been postponed until 14 July. The prosecution is still intending to seek
a death sentence against Lawrence Jacobs for a crime he is accused of
committing when he was 16 years old. International law prohibits the use
of the death penalty against people who were under 18 at the time of the
crime. Since 1990, the USA has executed 18 child offenders, compared to
14 such executions reported in the rest of the world combined. These 14
occurred in Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, and Yemen.
Send a letter to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney urging him NOT
to seek the death penalty against Lawrence Jacobs:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2428
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