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Sep 21, 2004

Op Ed, Newsday: Avoid Death Sentences: Give Cop Killers Life Without Parole

September 21, 2004: NewsdayAVOID DEATH SENTENCESGive cop killers life with­out paroleThe recent slay­ing of two detec­tives does not war­rant restora­tion of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in New York StateOp-Ed By Kathy Dillon [Kathy Dillon, a for­mer social work­er from Syracuse, is a mem­ber of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty.] The recent trag­ic mur­der of two police detec­tives in Brooklyn left many peo­ple reel­ing, includ­ing me. When I was 14 years old, my father was shot and killed in the line of duty on the New York State Thruway. He had been…

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