February 1, 2000
Moratorium on Executions
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The Green Party of New Jersey February 1, 2000 Moratorium on Executions |
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"The Green Party of New Jersey Supports a Moratorium on Capital Punishment"
Trenton: Equal Justice USA, a project of the Maryland based Quixote Center, has recently issued a call for a moratorium on capital punishment based on a Government Accounting Office researched report which indicates a pattern of racial disparities in capital cases. Further, the American Bar Association has said to date that no state has met all of the ABA's policies for administration of the death penalty, including standards for representation for indigent defendants. Recently Equal Justice ran a full-page New York Times ad signed by members of Congress, wrongly convicted former Death Row Prisoners and ninety two family members of murder victims, all calling for a review of the present policy of executions in the USA. While some moratorium advocates support the death penalty and others oppose it, all agree with the American Bar Association conclusion: "fundamental due process is lacking in capital cases."
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