The Growth, Mobilization and Activism Coordinator of Amnesty International Ghana, Frank Doyi, said this at a public forum on the abolition and campaign
against death penalty at Wa in the Upper West Region.
It is stunning the Governor could make a comparison between his father's heroic
fight against the death penalty and his less than heroic fight to protect New York's wealthy.
She has held senior positions at the United Nations, including that of High Commissioner for Human Rights, and is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and of the International
Commission Against the Death Penalty.
That year, our generation began to redefine «pro-life» in a political sense, broadening it to a more holistic definition — being against abortion, yes, but
also against the death penalty and unjust war — while fighting injustice and standing for human rights here and around the globe.
There are of course further issues with capital punishment, like the number of innocent people who have been executed by our gov «t. I would think anyone on the «sanct!ty of life» bandwagon would necessarily be
against the death penalty for that reason alone.
For all my well - intentioned
advocacy against the death penalty, I'm not certain I'd oppose it if the person on death row had killed my mother or my sister or my husband.
There's groups like Equal Justice USA and the National
Coalition Against the Death Penalty and these groups, almost every state has a grassroots death penalty group that's working to abolish the death penalty.
This is important because there are folks who are for the death penalty in principle, but they're
against the death penalty in practice (because they look at how broken the system is in our country.)
It means finding within, a voice to speak
publicly against the death penalty and for rehabilitation and reconciliation and forgiveness and to speak publicly against any theology of vengeance and fear and exclusion and for a theology of joy and unrestrained grace and loving inclusion.
They insist that Mario Cuomo got more done than he is often remembered for: holding
firm against the death penalty, protecting the safety net in the era of selfishness, and, yes, even passing mundane reforms like a seat - belt law.
«I want to make a plea to all states that continue this barbaric practice: please stop the executions,» Guterres said at an event marking the 15th World
Day Against the Death Penalty.
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People against the death penalty use the results of this work by pointing out that the nature of the crime has nothing to do with whether you're executed or not.»
«We're particularly excited about the diversity of topics in this year's finalists: a compelling narrative on race in America, a riveting piece of historical fiction on the lawyering behind the electrification of America, and a gripping legal thriller with a
race against the death penalty at the center of the story.»
Ellen plays Lucy, a court rat and nomadic «activist» who travels across the country to protest various executions, visit prisons, or
fight against the death penalty.
Arbour is involved with many other organizations including the Global Commission on Elections Democracy and Security, the Global Commission on Drug Policy, and the Global
Commission against the Death Penalty.
I am a little surprised by the outpouring of letters rejecting my Christian and conservative
case against the death penalty» which is to say, I am not startled by the letter - writers» objections in themselves, for I may well be wrong in my argument, but I am disturbed by the nearly universal support for capital punishment expressed along the way.
Their core findings with black Americans weren't a surprise — in general, blacks were receptive to any argument
against the death penalty.
I've worked closely with murder victims families who are
against the death penalty and interviewed people who were responsible for overseeing executions and heard what it did to them.
80 % of millennial evangelicals are
against the death penalty - because they can't reconcile it with Jesus.
This is another reason to be
against the death penalty.
I'm
against the death penalty.
Liberals, conversely, favored abortion but were
against the death penalty.
In his latest book, Executing Grace, author and activist Shane Claiborne further makes the case that being
against the death penalty is an essential part of a holistic pro-life ethic.
She supports a woman's right to an abortion, is
against the death penalty and corporal punishment, is not in favor of adopted children digging up their biological parents against their wishes, and believes that Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the incurably ill people who turn to him for painless deaths should be left alone.
At the end of the day I think there are a lot of reasons to be
against the death penalty, but for a Christian who believes that Jesus died to spare us from death and this idea of grace or as Scripture says «mercy triumphs over judgement.»
Also, at that time, pro-life meant both anti-abortion and
against the death penalty.
She is
against the death penalty.