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Now Is the Time to Atone for the Death Penalty

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That's the title of an OpEd by two respected death penalty litigators, Marshall Dayan and Ronald Tabak.  It appeared in Monday's Jewish Chronicle.  LINKThis month we celebrate Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. October is also significant for one dismaying fact: The number of executions scheduled to take place ? two on Oct. 14, one in Texas, one in Ohio; four in Texas on Oct. 16, Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Oct. 30. One death row inmate will die in South Dakota, two days before Yom Kippur, on Oct. 7. There is also the continuing possibility that a Georgia death row inmate, Troy Anthony Davis, could be executed this month, despite circumstances in his case, which raise doubt about his guilt. In and after the periods of the First and Second Temples the Jewish people seldom, if ever, carried out executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).