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A distraction, not a solution

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

We recently were pleased to see a letter to the editor published in the Kansas City Star. The letter was signed by Renny Cushing, head of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, an NCADP affiliate. You can visit their blog, For Victims, Against the Death Penalty, here.A Distraction, Not a Solution New Jersey legislators recently voted to abolish the death penalty and New Jersey?s governor signed the legislation. As someone who has suffered the pain of losing a loved one to murder, I salute the state for its actions ? and I wish Missouri would follow suit.When my father was murdered, my family and I did not feel that an execution would give us peace. We did not believe that another killing would honor our father?s memory or the values he instilled in us...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on January 04, 2008 (boomark / email).