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More Harm Than Good

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

There is a murder case in Knoxville that is attracting a lot of news coverage. The case involves the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom aged 21 and 23 respectively. The state is seeking the death penalty for the four individuals that are being charged for the murder. On Monday, March 3rd, WVLT (Volunteer TV) ran a story about Tennessee's death penalty in conjunction with the Christian-Newsom murder. You can view the video by clicking HERE.Highlights of the video include District Attorney General Al Schmutzer stating the following: "if we cannot actually carry out what we say we are going to do in a reasonable amount of time, then we really need to get rid of it because I think it's doing more harm than good." You may remember that General Schmutzer is on the committee to study the administration of the death penalty in Tennessee...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).