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Another Write-a-thon Success Story

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

All over the state, citizens of Tennessee gathered to celebrate International Death Penalty Abolition Day on March 1, marking the date in 1847 when the state of Michigan officially became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish capital punishment. Write-a-thons were held in Memphis, Sewanee, and Nashville. Knoxville will be holding their event on March 5th. Writers gathered in local coffee shops, at Memphis Theological Seminary, and at Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville to make their voices heard. As of last count, nearly 150 letters had been written, with more on the way. These letters are a critical tool in sharing our concerns about the the fairness and accuracy of Tennessee's death penalty. When constituents take the time to hand write a letter, legislators pay attention! If you didn't get a chance to attend one of the write-a-thons, sample letters will be posted on the tcask website this week for you to use as a model for your own letters...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).