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Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM<br>Subject: We did it - Illinois just abolished the death penalty!<br>To: Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#666666;font-size:13pt">Amazing news - Illinois just abolished the death penalty.<br>
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<div style="width:405px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:10pt">Dear Robert,<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:10pt"><strong>Today, Illinois becomes the 16th state to abolish capital punishment!</strong><br>
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Governor Pat Quinn was surrounded by death penalty abolition advocates this morning during a private ceremony as he signed the bill ending the cruel and unjust system of capital punishment once and for all. He also took the important step of commuting the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole.<br>
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Because of YOUR emails, letters, phone calls and attention over the years, and particularly in the last few months, <strong>you have become an integral part in bringing about this landmark victory</strong>. Illinois is the first of five states set to tackle death penalty abolition this year - <strong>what a great start!</strong><br>
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Thank you. This is largely due to your continuous and persistent activism.<br>
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Join us in expressing our gratitude for a job well-done by Governor Quinn and bill sponsors Senator Kwame Raoul and Rep Karen Yarbrough by <a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#73b010;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jdJIKONpEdKLKXL&s=jwKYKfN4LlIZKkO6KzH&m=8nJKIQNsHkJLJYK" target="_blank">clicking here to send a quick thank you note</a>.<br>
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A huge thank you again from,<br>
Laura, Brian and the rest of the Death Penalty Abolition Campaign team <br>
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