Testimony and Statements
Items: 91 — 100
Oct 17, 2000
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
A Response to the Initial Report of the United States to the…
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Death Penalty: The Torah and Today
By Jack…
Read MoreApr 26, 2000
Press Release for Senator Russ Feingold’s Introduction of Senate’s First Death Penalty Moratorium Bill
April…
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Transcript of Dr. Pat Robertson’s Speech on the Role of Religion and the Death Penalty at The College of William and Mary
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Read MoreJan 10, 2000
The Challenge of Holiness: A Sermon on the Death Penalty
By Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein, Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue Delivered at Riverside Church, January…
Read MoreOct 23, 1999
Amnesty International Southern Regional Conference: Orlando, Florida Remarks by Former Florida Chief Justice Gerald Kogan
Speech given by Former Florida Chief…
Read MoreOct 12, 1999
Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights — Message to the Press Conference organized by the Death Penalty Information Center for the release of the report, “International Perspectives on the Death Penalty”
Message from Mary Robinson: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Press Conference Organized by the Death Penalty Information CenterNew York City, USATuesday,…
Read MoreSep 15, 1999
Historic Illinois Hearings Address Innocence and the Death Penalty
Following a series of celebrated releases of innocent defendants from its death row, Illinois’s House of Representatives held hearings to address the state’s system of capital punishment on September 15 & 16, 1999. Among those who testified were Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking; Mike Farrell, actor and human rights activist; Renny Cushing, Director of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation; Bryan Stevenson, Director of Equal Justice Initiative; Professor…
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Testimony of Richard C. Dieter, Esq. Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center to the Illinois House of Representatives addressing innocence and the death penalty
HISTORIC ILLINOIS HEARINGS ADDRESS INNOCENCE AND THE…
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Resolution Supporting Worldwide Moratorium on Executions from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Resolution Supporting Worldwide Moratorium on Executions April 1999 [Preliminary unedited version] Question of the death penalty Commission on Human Rights resolution…
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