Entries tagged with “Sarah McGee”
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Crimes Punishable by Death
,Jul 12, 2024
Articles of Interest: Op-ed says new Tennessee law that expands the death penalty to child rape “creates more problems than it solves.”
A July 7, 2024 op-ed in the Tennessean argues that the recent enaction of SB 1834, which makes the rape of a child punishable by death, “does more harm than good.” Sarah McGee (pictured), coordinator for Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, explains that during her work as a victim-witness coordinator for Davidson County District Attorney’s Office, probation officer, and assistant public defender, she “learned that when child service providers and experts, the people…