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Moratorium 2000 Features:
4/30/2000
To Remember His Daughter, Father Speaks Out Against Death Penalty
Bud Welch, whose daughter Julie was killed in the Oklahoma City Bombing, addresses an anti-death penalty conference in Binghamton, NY
4/23/2000
Bruce Springsteen Backs Moratorium 2000
Bruce Springsteen Dedicates Song to North Carolina People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, Encourages Audience to Sign Moratorium 2000 Petition
4/20/2000
The Vain Search for Deadly Accuracy - Washington Post editorial
Washington Post columnist
4/16/2000
Old Enough to Kill, Old Enough to Die?
Commentary on death penalty sentences for crimes committed by a juvenile. Includes a listing of "Death Row's Young Convicts."
2/23/2000
The injustice in our death-penalty system By Bishop John McCarthy
Op-ed By Texas Bishop in Austin Newspaper
2/10/2000
Public Opinion Regardingthe Death Penalty
Illinois Gov. George Ryan's decision to suspend the death penalty -- while affirming his belief in capital punishment -- represents America's own schizophrenia.
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Moratorium 2000 Domestic News:
12/12/2000
Death Penalty Doubts
Editorial Article
11/21/2000
Clinton is Urged to Declare a Moratorium on Federal Executions
An array of religious, civil rights and<br>political leaders are appealing to President Clinton to declare a<br>moratorium on federal executions.
10/9/2000
Back to Death Row With a Convict and a Crusading Nun
10/9/2000
'Walking' Tall, Opera's 'Dead Man' is a masterpiece of words, music and emotion
9/30/2000
The endurance of 'Dead Man Walking'
8/31/2000
Death Penalty in Texas Case Is Overturned, Citing Lawyer
8/15/2000
Can It Be Fixed?
Letter from Charles Hoffman, an attorney with the State Appellate Defenders Office and a member of the board of the Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium Project.
8/14/2000
Death Penalty Reevaluation by Mike Farrell
8/7/2000
Executing the Mentally Retarded Even as Laws Begin to Shift
Executing the Mentally Retarded Even as Laws Begin to Shift
7/9/2000
America's Death Row nun is favourite for the Nobel Peace Prize
Sunday London Telegraph
6/9/2000
68 Percent Error Rate Found in Death Case Study
Article in the National Law Journal reviews the report from a nine-year study from Colombia University law professor James Liebman.
6/6/2000
Thoughts On Executions from the Washington Times
The conservative Washington Times says the death penalty "degrades the sensibilities of otherwise good and reasonable men and women."
6/5/2000
Better Ways to Find the Guilty - New York Times
5/26/2000
Cardinal Mahoney Urges Moratorium in California
Mahony Urges Davis to Place Moratorium on Executions. <br>Cardinal says death penalty is fatally flawed and biased against minorities and poor. Governor has refused to suspend it.
5/16/2000
Have We Executed the Innocent? from Moratorium 2000 Board Member Michael Radelet
Letter to the Wall Street Journal
4/16/2000
Deadly Mistakes in Name of Justice
San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday
4/16/2000
Point of View: A Death Penalty Cease-fire for N.C.
4/8/2000
Pat Robertson Backs Death Penalty Halt
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has endorsed a moratorium on the death penalty
2/14/2000
Statement from the American Bar Association President
Gov. George Ryan of Illinois recently marked a clear path to improved justice throughout the nation. By executive action, he effectively made Illinois the first of the 38 states with capital punishment to halt all executions while it reviews its death penalty procedures. <br>
2/10/2000
Five Democratic U.S. Senators on Monday Asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on the Death Penalty
2/10/2000
Bishop Fiorenza Urges President to Propose a Suspension of All Federal Executions
2/2/2000
ILLINOIS Govener Will Halt Executions Pending Inquiry
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Moratorium 2000 International News:
2/20/2000
Sant' Egidio Obtains the Commutation of Two Death Sentences in Congo
Obtains the Commutation of Two Death Sentences in Congo
10/14/1999
Closing Remarks of Professor Anthony G. Amsterdam
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