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Abolish the Death Penalty in Virginia

Abolish the Death Penalty in Virginia

Target:
The Virginia State Assembly
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The state of Virginia executes more people than any other state besides Texas, and it executes them faster than any other state. There are many reasons that the death penalty should be abolished in Virginia.

There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime.

The death penalty is unequally applied to the poor, people of color and people from rural areas.

Innocent people are wrongly sentenced and put death. There have been 130 death row exonerations.

The death penalty sentence costs more than the sentence of life in prison.

 Please do your part and tell the Virginia State Assembly that you do not want the state of Virginia to continue to execute its prisoners.

 

The state of Virginia executes more people than any other state besides Texas, and it executes them faster than any other state. There are many reasons that the death penalty should be abolished in Virginia.

There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime.

The death penalty is unequally applied to the poor, people of color and people from rural areas.

Innocent people are wrongly sentenced and put death. There have been 130 death row exonerations.

The death penalty sentence costs more than the sentence of life in prison.

 Please do your part and tell the Virginia State Assembly that you do not want the state of Virginia to continue to execute its prisoners.

 

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We signed the "Abolish the Death Penalty in Virginia" petition!
# 24:
10:18 pm PST, Nov 17, Kathy Saunders, Maryland
# 23:
3:15 pm PST, Nov 10, Leslie Geddes, Canada
Capital Punishment is a barbaric action and no state or country that supports it can be considered civilized. State sanctioned murder is still the taking of a human life and abhorent to humanity. "Murder and Capital Punishment are not opposites That cancel each other out. But similarities that breed their own kind. "George Bernard Shaw"
# 22:
9:59 am PST, Nov 9, Iris Chynoweth, California
# 21:
2:32 pm PST, Nov 7, Rainer Sparing, Germany
Abolish Death Penalty. Now !
# 20:
1:43 pm PST, Nov 7, Christian Hoeckmann, Germany
"Only I, the Lord, know your day and the hour!" He said.
# 19:
4:50 pm PST, Nov 6, Christiane Henker, Germany
# 18:
6:00 pm PST, Nov 5, Katie Morison, Virginia
# 17:
8:36 am PST, Nov 2, Ludger Wilp, Germany
# 16:
5:08 am PDT, Oct 26, Jillian Rizzuto, Virginia
I have always felt strongly on this issue. No one has the right to play God, especially not the state or federal government.
# 15:
2:58 am PDT, Oct 26, Name not displayed, Cyprus
# 14:
11:11 pm PDT, Oct 23, Alexandra Schroder, Netherlands
# 13:
12:44 am PDT, Oct 23, Maria Benz, Germany
# 12:
8:13 pm PDT, Oct 22, Rose Becke, Australia
I don't believe in the death penalty
# 11:
11:46 am PDT, Oct 21, Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 10:
9:52 am PDT, Oct 21, Sofia Lopes, Portugal
# 9:
6:35 am PDT, Oct 21, Sagrario Rilo, Spain
# 8:
1:54 pm PDT, Oct 20, Jana Zajicova, Czech Republic
No matter what they have commited (IF any), you´re murdering them!
# 7:
9:29 am PDT, Oct 20, Melissa Guy, Tennessee
# 6:
3:08 am PDT, Oct 20, Bill C, Germany
# 5:
2:22 am PDT, Oct 20, Steve Klein, Virginia
# 4:
11:16 pm PDT, Oct 19, Aliso Smith, Nevada
There should be no death penalty.What is this the middle ages?Haven't we evolved from murdering yet?God's commandment"Thou shalt not murder."
# 3:
9:25 pm PDT, Oct 19, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 2:
8:36 pm PDT, Oct 19, Brady Swisher, Virginia
Death Penalty es no bueno!
# 1:
5:11 pm PDT, Oct 19, Julia Niel, Virginia
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