Alabama one of four states representing two-thirds of death sentences in 2012; four states carried out 75% of executions
 By The Associated Press  
 
  
      WASHINGTON -- Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United States this year, while another 23 states have not put an inmate to death in 10 years, an anti-capital punishment group reports.

Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison

Some of the topics up for discussion were the resentencing of Bobby Tarver, the grant received from RESIST and the many reactions received from supporters to both these pieces of news and to our newsletter. It is good for all of us to know that there is a great, big world out there which hears us.

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Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison

Today seemed to be a day where there was nothing but positive news to share. It ranged from donations received from generous friends, some of them from overseas, to the arrival of the hard copy of our newsletter at Holman.

We were humbled, yet at the same time encouraged by a repeat gift from Lifespark in Switzerland in support of the work we do. We do very little money raising per se, and so appreciate the support of our friends all the more. Thank you to all!

GLAD TIDINGS

Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison

We are gearing up for the end of the year and our trusted Sec./Treasurer has completed the year end tax deductible donation letters, which will go out to our donors tomorrow.

We had a ...guest at the meeting who recently arrived on death row at Holman. The men give newcomers insights they have found to be helpful along the way. As one of the Board members said to me, it is all about balance, and of course that also holds true for those of us on the street.

Freed death row inmate speaks at UA

November 15, 2012 | Filed under: Campus,Featured Story,News | Posted by: Camille Corbett The United States’ judiciary may not be as accurate or safe as citizens may believe.

That was one of the main points capital punishment mitigator and University of Alabama School of Social Work faculty member Joanne Terrell and death row survivor Gary Drinkard made in a lecture titled “The Death Penalty from a Social Justice Perspective”on Nov. 14.

Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison

As this was the first Board meeting since the election, the outcome of the vote to abolish the death penalty in CA was of course discussed. It goes without saying that we had hoped that abolition votes would win, still we were encouraged that the loss was not overwhelming. We know that our friends in CA will persevere.

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