Amnesty International Begins Campaign Against Juvenile Executions
By Jeralyn, Section Juvenile Offenders
Posted on Sun Feb 02, 2003 at 07:55:00 PM EST
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Posted on Sun Feb 02, 2003 at 07:55:00 PM EST
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The Pittsburgh Gazette is backing a bill pending before the legislature that would ban the death penalty for juveniles.
Many Americans will be shocked to learn that Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan and the United States are the only nations in the world that permit the execution of juveniles. This isn't the kind of company a liberal democratic society should desire to be included in. We urge our state representatives and our governor to get behind the movement to put a halt to this barbarism.In conjunction with its newly launched "No Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders" campaign, Amnesty International, USA is going to conduct a public opinion poll this month to gauge opinion on the issue of execution of juvenile offenders. The group believes support for it has waned. We certainly hope so.
A big thanks to Reverand Mr. George W. Brooks, Director of Advocacy, Kolbe House, Chicago, Illinois, who has kindly taken to forwarding us the most current new articles concerning the death penalty. You will be seeing more of them in our newsfeed to the left and undoubtedly more discussion here.
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