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In September 2010, 8 human beings are scheduled to be executed in the USA. A total of 37 have already been executed in 2010 (see below).

This month, the USA distinguishes itself: a woman is scheduled to be murdered (Teresa Lewis, first woman to be executed in Virginia since 1912, with an IQ just above 70) while another woman (Gaile Owens) saw her death sentence commuted. A mentally disabled man (Holly Wood, with an IQ of 64, below the Supreme Court ‘Atkins v. Virginia’ ruling) is also scheduled to be murdered. Another seriously mentally ill person (Cal Coburn Brown) is scheduled to be murdered by the State of Washington. Notably, there are NO executions scheduled in September in Texas, where ‘Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing’ will travel from October 15 to 31. Read the rest of this entry →

In August 2010, 9 human beings are scheduled to be executed in the USA. A total of 36 have already been executed in 2010 (see below). Read the rest of this entry →

Reminiscence of a Speech given at the Fast & Vigil in front of the US Supreme Court (Washington D.C.) on July 2, 2010.

Yesterday, standing under a tree was one of ours: a lovely, tiny elderly woman showing her support for abolition. Read the rest of this entry →

In July 2010, 6 human beings are scheduled to be executed in the USA. A total of 33 have already been executed in 2010 (see below). Read the rest of this entry →

What do you do when you feel ashamed of something you are doing? Especially when you know that what you are doing is wrong? When you know that others will disapprove?

You hide yourself and prevent others from seeing what you’re doing. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) would like to do precisely that: they want to resume state-sanctioned murders for the 700 human beings currently on California Death Row and they don’t want you to know. Read the rest of this entry →

In June 2010, 8 human beings are scheduled to be executed in the USA. A total of 29 have already been executed in 2010 (see below). Read the rest of this entry →

Dear Mark,

thank you for your concern but I’m not unintelligent. Facebook privacy settings are not too difficult to understand and I do not need ‘a simpler way to control‘ my information. I just want to control my information, and especially MY music. Read the rest of this entry →

Today, May 14th, 2010, marks the sad 25th anniversary of Ruth Pelke’s murder. Bill Pelke’s grandmother was an elderly Bible teacher in Indiana (USA) who was set upon and stabbed to death by 15-year-old Paula Cooper and her young friends.
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In May 2010, 15 human beings are scheduled to be executed in the USA.
A total of 24 have already been executed in 2010 (see below). Read the rest of this entry →

Speech against the Death Penalty
London, UK – 30th of April, 2010 - In front of the U.S. Embassy

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