July 2011
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It is welcome news that the death penalty is moving closer and closer to the exit door. But as it does, we should take note of a disturbing trend — more and more life without the possibility of parole sentences (LWOP).
Today, over 40,000 prisoners serve this sentence, which assures that the only way you leave prison is in a body bag. The number of prisoners serving LWOP continues to grow sharply each year. Back in 1992, only 12,453 prisoners served this harsh sentence.
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/new_abolitionist/february-2010-issue-50/death-penalty-decline%E2%80%A6
“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world”
—Jane Addams (Unitarian, social reformer, settlement house founder)
