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Sister Helen Prejean: 30-year mission to end capital punishment

Sister Helen Prejean

all credits: KSUT News
published: 7 January 2022

Sister Helen Prejean is known worldwide for her outspoken opposition to the death penalty. Over three decades, she’s worked to increase a national dialogue on capital punishment and to shape the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to execution.

She is the author of three books, including Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty that had sparked a national debate. It [also] became a bestseller and an Academy Award-winning movie.

KSUT News spoke to Prejean about her continuing involvement in work to abolish the death penalty.

8 January 202222 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Ahmaud Arbery: Jogger’s murderers sentenced to life in prison

source: BBC News
published: 7 January 2022

A white father and son convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A jury [previously] found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan, guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020.

Bryan also received the maximum penalty of life, but was offered the possibility of parole in 30 years. The judge said the McMichael’s had not shown remorse or empathy for Arbery.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s visit on death row

source: DemocracyNOW!
published: 28 December 2021

Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting to end apartheid in South Africa. In 2007, Tutu visited Mumia when he was still on death row.

“His spirit reflected a giant,” says Abu-Jamal. “He struggled for change with his prophetic voice, his sweet humor, his deep love and his boundless sense of compassion.”