Community of Sant'Egidio USA - Boston: Death Penalty

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Community of Sant'Egidio

DEATH PENALTY

dove The Community of Sant'Egidio strongly believes that the death penalty is the denial of a universal right to life. The Community got involved in the campaign against the death penalty through a friendship with Texas death row inmate Dominique Green.

While the state of Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, Governor Mitt Romney has plans to reinstate it. Citizens of the state are also still subject to execution by the federal government.

Read about Texas death row inmate Pablo Melendez.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 30, 2005	Prayer for Life on Death Row
Join us in praying for victims of violence, for those on death row, and for justice that respects human dignity and life. Part of the international Cities for Life initiative. More information.

PREVIOUS EVENTS

March 2005	Boston College Death Penalty Awareness Month
Sr. Helen Prejean spoke on her work against the death penalty. Rabbi Ruth Langer and Professor Steve Pope chaired a panel on the Christian and Jewish faiths, scripture, and the death penalty.
March 22-26, 2004	Boston College Death Penalty Awareness Week
Signatures were collected for a petition calling for a moratorium on the federal death penalty. Milton Jones and Attorney David Ruhnke spoke against the death penalty.
April 7-11, 2003	Boston College Death Penalty Awareness Week
Signatures for a petition calling for a worldwide moratorium were collected. Professor Alan Rogers, Lou Jones, Jamie Bissonnette, Tom Lowenstein, Kate Lowenstein, and Scott Langley spoke against the death penalty.
February 5, 2003	Judge Sheila Murphy Speaks at Boston College
Judge Sheila Murphy, who represented Texas death row inmate Dominique Green, Tom Lowenstein, Paola Piscitelli, and Scott Langley explained why they stand against the death penalty.
April 23-25, 2002	Harvard Moratorium Emphasis Week
The Community and the Harvard Catholic Students Association collected signatures on campus for a international moratorium on the death penalty.
April 16-18, 2002	Boston College Moratorium Emphasis Week
The Community collected signatures on campus for a international moratorium on the death penalty.
April 24-26, 2001	Harvard Death Penalty Awareness Week
The week began with a Prayer for Life on Death Row at Andover Chapel on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Kate Lowenstein of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation led a discussion. On Thursday, Claudio Betti of the Community of Sant'Egidio led a vigil dedicated to the international movement for a death penalty moratorium.

If you would like more information or would like to help, please send us an email.

LOCAL LINKS

Amnesty International - Somerville
MADPEN Calendar of Events
Massachusetts Anti-Death Penalty Groups
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
Scott Langley Photography