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.





