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A Comprehensive and Visionary Approach
Former President Jimmy Carter is the latest to weigh in on the death penalty repeal debate going on in New Mexico. The AP reported that he and his wife Rosalyn…
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Death Penalty Debate in States Heats Up
UPDATE:Â The New Mexico House of Representatives passed the death penalty repeal bill, by a vote of 40-28. Today the New Mexico House of Representatives will be debating and possibly…
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Death Penalty Abolition in the States: It Begins
Today, the first important committee hearings on state abolition bills will be held: one in New Mexico (HB285) and one in Nebraska (LB306). Nebraska legislators will also be considering a…
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What to Do with Your Leftover Holiday Cards
I just got off the phone with a colleague in Mexico who has been working with the women of Atenco, and she told me she had come into her office after…
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Our Top 10 Wins of 2008
Thank you Amnesty International activists for all of your important work this year! Your activism has led to some major advances in human rights in our battles against torture, violence…
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New Jersey: One Year Ago Today
One year ago today, Dec. 17, 2007, New Jersey Gov. John Corzine signed into law the bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. It was the first time in…
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Do Desperate Times Really Call For Desperate Measures?
Recently, lawmakers in Mexico have proposed reinstating the death penalty to deal with rising kidnapping and murder rates. According to the LA Times, lawmakers will hear arguments regarding this amendment…
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Suicide By Court
[caption id="attachment_165" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Lethal injection kit © AI"][/caption] On November 21, Kentucky is set to execute Marco Allen Chapman, who was sentenced to death for the murder of two…