The Santa Clara County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (SCCCADP) is working to end the use of the death penalty in our county. Please join our fight to replace this failed policy and help build a community that is safer for all of us.
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- Ending the Death Penalty: How ...
Congregation Beth Am (26790 Arastra...
Tuesday, November 17 at 7:00pm
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Who's next?: http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/v
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The year ahead is likely to see continued momentum toward the abolition of capital punishment in the United States. Two states -- New Jersey and New Mexico -- have repealed the death penalty in the... read more of this post, Repealing the Death Penalty in 2010: Six States to Watch, at Change.org.
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UN human rights chief calls for universal abolition of the death penalty - http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Ne
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“I am opposed to the death penalty in all cases,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a message marking the on 20th anniversary of the Death Penalty Optional Protocol which was added ...
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Our very own Natasha Minsker in Capitol Weekly: Death penalty is costly, inefficient - http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php
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Californians deserve swift, certain and cost-effective justice. This is particularly true when it comes to serious crimes like murder, when protecting the public and helping victims heal must be our top priorities. ...
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Nice piece from Waco Tribune about how underinformed most are when it comes to DA's races: http://www.wacotrib.com/search/content/n
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Marc Miller likes to joke that district attorneys lose elections only slightly less often than leaders did in the old Soviet Union. The quip isn’t too far from the truth, though, the University of Arizona law professor said. A recent study of chief
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Great opportunity to send a letter to the editor emphasizing the high cost of health care in CA ($1 billion in the next 5 years) and how it could be better spent on vital services like education and heath care -http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
Report: Sharp drop in death sentences in Texas, Ohio and Virginia, nation's execution leaders -- lat
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 27, 2008 file photo, the gurney used to restrain condemned prisoners during the lethal injection process is shown in the Texas death house in Huntsville, Texas. Texas and other ...
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Great opinion piece in the Merc from Claude Ezran, a member of the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission - http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_13
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Many of the arguments currently advanced against the death penalty focus on practical matters: its cost, increasingly perceived as prohibitive; the fact that DNA evidence regularly exonerates death row inmates; or, as in last weeks execution in Ohio by lethal injection, the method of
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Wycoff sentenced to death despite victim's son's request (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg
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"Eric Rogers, 21, the couple's eldest son, had told jurors his uncle's life should be spared. He later said his parents had opposed capital punishment."
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SPEAKERS: Natasha Minsker, ACLU of Northern California and Judy Kerr, Spokesperson and Victim Liaison for California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto
Santa Clara County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty The American Law Institute withdraws approval for standards it created, raising doubts about the legitimacy of execution
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A quiet blockbuster this year was the decision of the American Law Institute, a little-known but prestigious organization of lawyers and judges, to withdraw its approval for the standards created by the institute's 1963 Model Penal Code to guide juries in the choice between long prison terms and exe...
Santa Clara County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Interested in helping end the death penalty in Santa Clara County? Come to the next SCCCADP meeting TONIGHT from 6:30-8pm at 1900 University Circle, 5th Floor in East Palo Alto.
Santa Clara County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Are you keeping up with the DA's race? Afterall, it's the County District Attorney who decides when to pursue a death sentence...
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Poll: Lukewarm support for DA
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Don't forget! Learn how to end the Death Penalty tonight in Los Altos. Bring a friend! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=log
Location:Congregation Beth Am (26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos, Ca)
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 17th
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The Lethal Injection College Fund / Here's one billion dollars. Kill a few people, or help thousands
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Here's a modestly clever idea that will never come to pass in a thousand years because it's absolutely not the way modern life or America work right now, but it's nevertheless all sorts of delightfully ironic fun to ponder anyway.
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Special thanks to the ACLU of Northern California's Mid-Peninsula Chapter for compiling these moving speeches from the June 30th Day of Action's Public Testimony on the Lethal Injection Process! Watch the clips here: http://www.aclu-midpen.org/Lethal_Inject
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On June 30, 2009 the state of California held an open hearing to get public comment on the lethal injection process for administering the death penalty. More than 100 people spoke against lethal ...
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Spread the Word! Learn how you can help end the death penalty in Santa Clara County next Tuesday, 11/17 from 7-9pm in Los Altos.
Download the flyer here: http://www.santaclaraagainstdeathpenalty
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SPEAKERS: Natasha Minsker, ACLU of Northern California and Judy Kerr, Spokesperson and Victim Liaison for California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
