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Death Penalty Workshop in Columbia

Monday, 20 February 2012 10:35 Anna Shockley

As part of Amnesty International's South Carolina State Meeting, SCADP board members Ron Kaz and Anna Shockley will conduct a workshop on the death penalty on Saturday, March 10 at 4:00pm. The workshop will take place in room 304 of USC's Russell House and is free to the public. Please come, pick up some fact sheets and a free button or bumper sticker, and find out what you can do to help SCADP and Amnesty International with current campaigns and to move South Carolina closer to abolishing the death penalty. To find out more about the workshop, email anna(at)charlestonpeace.net. For more information about Amnesty International and the State Meeting, which will take place that Saturday and Sunday, click here or email Kali at esancy(at)email.sc.edu.

SCADP Members Arrested at U.S. Supreme Court

Friday, 20 January 2012 10:48 Anna Shockley

SCADP Board members Ron Kaz, Kate Webb and Anna Shockley and volunteer Elaine Cooper traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Abolitionist Action Committee's direct action on Tuesday, January 17, commemorating the execution of Gary Gilmore, the first execution since reinstatement of the death penalty. While Kate and Elaine provided support services and took part in a legal demonstration on the sidewalk, Ron and Anna, along with twelve others, unfolded a 30 foot banner that said "Stop Executions" on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ironically, this is an illegal act. ("Free speech stops on the steps of the Supreme Court," a police officer once told us.) Supreme Court police arrested all fourteen protesters.

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ILLINOIS HAS ABOLISHED THE DEATH PENALTY

Wednesday, 09 March 2011 14:02 Anna Shockley

Today, Wednesday, March 9, Governor Pat Quinn signed the bill abolishing the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. Click here to read the article in the Chicago Tribune.

Please use the links on Amnesty International's blog to thank Governor Quinn and two of the bill's champions, Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul and State Representative Karen Yarbrough, for their work.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 March 2011 14:22

APNewsBreak: DEA seizes key execution drug in Ga.

Tuesday, 15 March 2011 21:49 Anna Shockley

ATLANTA (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed Tuesday that the agency seized Georgia's supply of a key lethal injection drug because of questions about how the stockpile was imported to the U.S.

Illinois Death Penalty Abolition Bill Goes to Governor

Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:16 Anna Shockley

UPDATE: Please call Govenor Quinn’s office and ask that he sign the death penalty abolition bill: 312.814.2121

On January 11, the Illinois Senate joined the Illinois House or Representatives in voting to abolish the death penalty. The vote was 32 in favor, 25 against, with two abstentions. If Governor Pat Quinn signs the bill into law, Illinois will become the 16th state in the USA to ban capital punishment, and the third in the last four years.