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John Edwards and the death penalty

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

This popped up in my email box this morning. It's from Bill Pelke, who is the outgoing chair of the NCADP Board of Directors (you'll be reading more about Bill in a few days).I think this letter speaks for itself:An Open letter to Senator John Edwards: January 14, 2007Dear Senator Edwards,I listened to you today on NPR radio. Angela, of Wichita, Kansas asked you for your thoughts on the death penalty in America and what kind of affect it would have socially on our ideals.You stated that you have historically supported the death penalty, but that you have HUGE problems with it right now.You mentioned race. You stated that if you are a man or woman of color in American today you are more likely to be charged with a capital offence, you are more likely to be convicted and you are more likely to get the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).