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Monday, 06 January 2014

Missouri Activists Speak Out

"Missouri death penalty foes cite 25 years of executions," is the AP report, via the Springfield News-Leader.

Death penalty opponents are using the 25th anniversary of Missouri’s resumption of capital punishment to highlight their desire to halt executions.

George Mercer was executed on Jan. 6, 1989, for the 1978 rape and slaying of waitress Karen Keeten in the Kansas City area. Mercer’s execution was Missouri’s first after a nationwide moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 1976.

Since then, Missouri has executed 70 inmates.

Death penalty opponents planned a news conference Monday at the Missouri Capitol.

Earlier coverage from Missouri begins at the link.

Monday, 06 January 2014 at 12:53 PM in Abolition, Activism, Capital Punishment, Execution | Permalink

Tags: aboliton, activism, capital punishment, death penalty, George Mercer, Missouri, news conference, repeal

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The StandDown Texas Project was organized in 2000 to advocate a moratorium on executions and a state-sponsored review of Texas' application of the death penalty. To stand down is to go off duty temporarily, especially to review safety procedures.

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Project Director Steve Hall was chief of staff to the Attorney General of Texas from 1983-1991; he was an administrator of the Texas Resource Center from 1993-1995. He has worked for the U.S. Congress and several Texas legislators. Hall is a former journalist.

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