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Post-Abolition New York

By Steve Hall

Sunday's Schenectady Daily Gazette had a fascinating article on the activities of New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, since capital punishment's abolition in the state."Anti-death penalty group turns focus to preventing violence, aiding victims," is the title of Sara Foss' report.  Here's an extended excerpt from the beginning: What does an anti-death penalty organization do with itself after the death penalty is abolished?That?s the question New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty faced in 2007, after the death penalty was effectively abolished by the New York Court of Appeals.After some soul-searching, NYADP decided to replace the group?s somewhat single-minded mission with a broader one: violence prevention and healing for victims...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).