Word: anti-death
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...David's life, oddly, may be richer now than it has ever been. As a man who has long existed in the shadow of someone else--first his brother, then his wife--he at last finds himself at the center of things. There are humanitarian awards to accept, anti-death penalty interviews to give, victims'-rights speeches to deliver. He has even considered a lecture tour with one of Ted's victims...
...fight them tooth and nail. We'll fight them every day [to defeat this bill]," said Brian Jones, an anti-death penalty activist...
Brown University English professor William Keach said in an interview after the rally that the close vote in 1997 was an impetus for the anti-death penalty coalition to better mobilize itself...
...attorney general, Harshbarger has been consistently successful at prosecuting political corruption on both sides of the aisle. He has gained praise for his hands-on work fighting against domestic violence and for gun control. His anti-death penalty stance is one which this staff whole-heartedly supports...
According to a study done by the Death Penalty Information Center, an anti-death penalty organization in Washington D.C., since capital punishment was reinstated in 1973, 69 people awaiting execution on death row have been set free. They were released because they were either improperly convicted or evidence providing their innocence was discovered after their sentencing. The study also states that these unlucky souls represent only slightly more than 1 percent of the nearly 6,000 people who have been sentenced to die in the last 24 years...