The North Dallas Gazette posts, "Harry Belafonte joins NAACP in calling for a new sentence hearing for Texas inmate Duane Buck."
Harry Belafonte, a renowned activist and musician, released a statement on his Facebook page calling for a new, fair sentencing hearing for NAACP LDF’s client, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death by a jury that was told he was more likely to be dangerous because he is Black.“I am proud to join the efforts of more than 100 civil rights leaders, elected officials, clergy, former prosecutors and judges, a former TX governor and others call for a NEW, FAIR sentencing for Duane Buck. Add your voice at Change.org,” Mr. Belafonte wrote.
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“We’re delighted that Harry Belafonte is among the many civil rights leaders, lawyers, activists, and elected officials who are calling for a new, fair sentencing hearing for our client Duane Buck” said Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel. “Mr. Buck’s death sentence is the clear product of racial discrimination, of which there’s a long history in Texas’s capital punishment system.”
Earlier coverage of Duane Buck's case begins at the link.
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