Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty released a statement July 25 criticizing the federal reinstatement of capital punishment, arguing the practice goes against the fundamental principles of conservatism. “Resumption of executions by the federal government goes against the trend we have seen in states across the nation, where executions and sentences are at historic lows.…
AG Bill Barr orders execution dates for 5 on Federal Death Row.
Despite dramatic declines nationwide in use of the death penalty and continued exonerations of innocent people on our state death rows (166 so far, 29 in FL) U.S. Attorney General William Barr has been ordered to restart federal executions. The last federal execution was in 2003. Five executions will begin on Dec. 9th. The Justice department says more executions are coming. Read more here. Take…
Nancy O’Byrne: Why I Advocate Ending Executions
Spotlight on FADP Board Chair, Nancy O’Byrne. When I was a little girl, probably nine or ten years old, my mother was raising me by herself and she often had to work long hours and weekends. I was one of those “latch key kids” after school from first grade on. My summer babysitter, a recent…
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