At 13/01/03 11:25 -0500, you wrote:
Chris Burford wrote:
I was wondering about the lack of reference on this list to George Ryan's
dramatic decision to pardon all Illinois prisoners on death row.
I thought it was great news. Watched a former federal prosecutor on Fox
News last night who was worried that the wholesale pardon violated due
process (though she personally opposed the DP), and that other governors
might be tempted to follow his example. We can only hope. There does seem
to be some slight shift in public opinion, and maybe Ryan's move will
accelerate it. But he was at the end of his term facing a corruption trial
with nothing to lose.
Since we've been talking about the sects lately, I hear the ISO deserves
lots of credit for organizing against capital punishment. For all their
faults, they deserve lots of credit for that thankless task.
Yes I see
http://www.internationalsocialist.org/nodeathpenalty.shtml
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/
Chris Burford
