[Peace-discuss] End the Death Penalty!

[martin smith]

     A BROKEN SYSTEM 
 CRYING OUT FOR JUSTICE
 **Forward Widely**
 When:      Wednesday February 27th at 7PM
 Where:    English Building Room 60
 What:       The Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 Featuring: Darby Tillis, spent nine years on death row in Illinois for
 a crime he did not commit and was the first exoneree from death row in
 the state, and Marlene Martin National Organizer for the Campaign to
 End the Death Penalty
 Our nation is the only industrialized country that still uses the
 death penalty. It incarcerates more of its population than any other
 in the world.  In some states, more money is spent on prisons than
 higher education. One out of three Black men can expect to go to
 prison in their lifetime.
 The system is broken. Something is wrong. What can we do?
 The first step to action is awareness. Hear these witnesses to
 injustice and many others tell their stories—and together let's fight
 for justice
 .
 Five Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty
 1. The death penalty is racist.
 2. The death penalty punishes the poor.
 3. The death penalty condemns the innocent to die.
 4. The death penalty is not a deterent to violent crime.
 5. The death penalty is "cruel and unusual punishment."
 Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization
 Contact: isochampaign at gmail.com or 217-649-8830
 Endorsed by AWARE, CU Citizens for Peace and Justice  and AASRP
   



       
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