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| Death penalty abolitionists to march on Austin |
| By examiner.com/ |
| Published: 10/23/2009 |
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This Saturday, anti-death-penalty activists will descend on Austin, TX, for the 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. The march will begin and end at the Texas Capitol Building and will culminate in a rally that will feature speeches from three now-exonerated former death row inmates as well as individuals involved with the case of Cameron Todd Willingham (which I highlighted in a previous article). Information about the rally can be found at marchforabolition.org. The organizers and participants in the march will be fighting yet another battle in a war that should have long been over. Now that Japan has appointed death penalty abolitionist Keiko Chiba as justice minister, effectively eliminating capital punishment since she would have to sign off on any execution, the United States is the only country in the "developed world" that still puts criminals to death. Capital punishment is not simply a moral issue. It makes no pragmatic sense. It is now well known that it actually costs more to put a prisoner to death than it does to incarcerate him or her for life. Basically, we are paying more for a policy that results in no tangible benefits, but does result in more dead people (kind of like our current health care system). In fact, murder rates are consistently higher in states that do execute prisoners than in those that do not. Read More. |
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What an inaccurate, irresponsible article. On Willingham case http://homicidesurvivors.com/categories/Cameron%20Todd%20Willingham.aspx and "The Death Penalty: More Protection for Innocents" http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/05/the-death-penalty-more-protection-for-innocents.aspx "Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let's be clear" http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2009/03/death-penalty-deterrence-murder-rates.html The 130 (now 135) death row "innocents" scam http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/03/04/fact-checking-issues-on-innocence-and-the-death-penalty.aspx "The Innocent Executed: Deception & Death Penalty Opponents" http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/10/08/the-innocent-executed-deception--death-penalty-opponents--draft.aspx "Cost Savings: The Death Penalty" http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/05/07/cost-savings-the-death-penalty.aspx