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Victims' Voices: Chicago Event to Highlight Murder Victims' Family Members Who Favor Clemency

Posted: January 10, 2003
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MURDER VICTIMS' FAMILIES FOR RECONCILIATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 3, 20002 CONTACT:Renny Cushing 617-868-0007, RRCushing@earthlink.net Kate Lowenstein 617-868-0007, MVFRKate@aol.com

"VICTIMS' VOICES:" CHICAGO EVENT TO HIGHLIGHT MURDER VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS WHO FAVOR CLEMENCY

Dec 3, 2002 - Members of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) will speak out in suppor

ONE IN SIX DEATH ROW INMATES DEFENDED AT TRIAL BY LAWYERS DISCIPLINED BY STATE BAR

Posted: January 09, 2003
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CommonSenseReport COMMON SENSE FOUNDATION
Phone: (919) 821-9270
Fax: (919) 821-3669
P.O. Box 10808 Raleigh, NC 27605-0808
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2002 Contact: David Mills

PRESS CONFERENCE TO MARK 20 YEARS OF LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTIONS

Posted: January 09, 2003
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PR-TCASK TENNESSEE COALITION TO ABOLISH STATE KILLING
P.O. Box 120552 . Nashville, Tennessee . 37212 . 615-329-0048
e-mail: tcask@earthlink.net
"Promoting Alternatives to Capital Punishment in Tennessee"


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, December 10, 2002 CONTACT: RANDY TATEL

Earl Washington IQ of 69 Confessed to a Crime He Did Not Commit

Posted: December 09, 2002
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In 1983, police convinced Earl Washington to make a statement concerning the rape and murder of a woman in Culpeper, VA, in 1982. The statements were used against him and in 1984 he was convicted and sentenced to death. Sixteen years later, DNA tests confirmed that Washington was innocent and he received an absolute pardon.
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Mario Marquez IQ of 65 Executed in Texas in 1995

Posted: December 09, 2002
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Mario Marquez had the adaptive skills of a 7 year-old.  His trial counsel testified at a clemency hearing that he did not present any evidence of Mario's mental retardation because of a legal flaw in the Texas death penalty statute.  Marquez was executed on January 17, 1995.
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DPIC Press Release: 2000 REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY FINDS WATERSHED YEAR OF CHANGE

Posted: January 29, 2002
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FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE: 
Wednesday, December 20, 2000 CONTACT:  BRENDA BOWSER
                      (202) 293-6970

2000 REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY FINDS WATERSHED YEAR OF CHANGE

Number of exonerated death row inmates increases to 90 in 2000; Studies find flaws in system and spur political action


NCATL Press Release: NEW POLL FINDS NORTH CAROLINIANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM, BAN ON EXECUTION OF MENTALLY RETARDED

Posted: January 29, 2002
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North Carolinia Academy of Trial Lawyers



 
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 29, 2001 For more information contact:
Dick Taylor, NCATL
919-832-1413 or 919-274-4937

NEW POLL FINDS NORTH CAROLINIANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM,

DPIC Press Release: TWO MORE DEATH ROW INMATES CLEARED, CAPPING A RECORD TWO-YEAR SPAN

Posted: January 23, 2002
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FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE: 
Friday, December 29, 2000 CONTACT:  BRENDA BOWSER

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