http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/ en-us 2005-12-19T19:16:06-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000047.html Death Penalty News and Updates: www.smu.edu/~deathpen Death Penalty Information Center: www.essential.org/dpic CUADP: www.cuadp.org TCADP: www.tcadp.org Lamp of Hope Project: www.c-com.net/~ksebung NCADP: www.ncadp.org Amnesty Intl: www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/dp Equal Justic USA: www.igc.org/quixote/ej ACLU: www.aclu.org/death-penalty?n Canadian Citizens Against the Death Penalty: www.ccadp.org AFSC: www.envisioning.org Standdown Project: www.standdown.org Moratorium Now: www.texasmoratorium.org... Mentor 2005-12-19T19:16:06-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000046.html New Jersey Would be First State in 'Modern Era' to Enact Moratorium Law National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty WASHINGTON - December 15 – Amid growing national concern over flaws with capital punishment, the New Jersey Senate Thursday approved a one-year ban on executions in the state and said it would study how the death penalty is administered. If... News Mentor 2005-12-15T21:00:56-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000045.html The Justice Theater Project is currently accepting registrations for its Performing Arts Summer Series (PASS) for students entering grades 2 to 8. Set against the backdrop of The Justice Theater Project, students immerse themselves in all aspects of the craft and artistry of theatre. In a supportive community, our participants exercise their powers of imagination, build self-confidence, and explore what... Web Sites Mentor 2005-12-08T07:02:17-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000036.html Advocacy Mentor 2005-12-02T13:56:55-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000038.html According to a new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), structural and procedural flaws in Alabama’s criminal justice system stack the deck against fair trials and appropriate sentencing for those facing the death penalty. The report, Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Alabama, details unfair and discriminatory practices in the state’s administration of the death penalty. It... Mentor 2005-11-28T18:34:03-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000044.html USA: 1,000th execution looms as lottery of death reaches shameful milestone A prison guard takes a man out of a prison cell. The guard leads the man through a hallway to an execution chamber and in the presence of witnesses, the prisoner is poisoned to death. The witnesses go home, many of them traumatized for life. The prison authorities who... Advocacy Mentor 2005-11-28T17:22:12-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000043.html Take Action Mentor 2005-11-22T13:21:12-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000042.html Published on Monday, November 21, 2005 by the Houston Chronicle Innocent Man Executed in Texas They were two teenagers who shared a deadly pact of silence: One grew up in prison tortured by a secret that might have stopped his friend's execution, and the other went to his death without revealing what he knew. Ruben Cantu and David Garza's teenage... News Mentor 2005-11-21T17:55:14-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000041.html HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Doubts are being cast on the guilt of a Texas man executed more than a dozen years ago after the crime's lone witness recanted and a co-defendant said he allowed his friend to be falsely accused under police pressure, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday. Article Link... News Mentor 2005-11-20T22:22:10-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000040.html TAKE ACTION: OPPOSE THE 1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE UNITED STATES Robin Lovitt is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on November 30, which would mark the gruesome milestone of the 1,000th execution in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Amnesty International is concerned that most of the small amount of DNA evidence presented at trial... Take Action Mentor 2005-11-20T06:40:58-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000039.html Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP) works to end the death penalty in the United States through aggressive campaigns of public education, and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism. CUADP's mission contains two areas of focus: 1. Invigorated education about viable alternatives to the death penalty 2. Strategic and tactical grassroots activism Invigorated education involves the use... Advocacy Mentor 2005-11-14T20:18:18-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000037.html The Preeimenent Conference of the Abolition Movement This year's conference comes at a pivotal time for the Abolition movement. Our conference will draw youth and students, families of murder victims and death row prisoners, people of faith, civil rights activist and others to celebrate the recent progress that has been made in making the public and policy makers understand that... Mentor 2005-10-27T17:28:49-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000035.html A Declaration of Life I, the undersigned, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby in the presence of witnesses make this Declaration of Life, I believe that the killing of one human being by another is morally wrong. I believe it is morally wrong for any state or other governmental entity to take the life of a... Advocacy Mentor 2005-10-18T13:54:12-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000030.html Advocacy Mentor 2005-10-15T14:39:17-05:00 http://justicepolicy.com/deathpen/archives/000032.html Every day we learn more about innocent men and women spending years on death row for crimes they did not commit. The criminal justice system in which we've placed our faith is broken. We need your help to ensure that no innocent person is ever wrongfully convicted. If you'd like to receive news updates and action alerts about what... Advocacy Mentor 2005-10-03T14:52:27-05:00