Death Penalty

My first ex-wife Kathy sent this and asked, nay requested, that i post it:  "World Day Against the Death Penalty is October 10.  I now work with exonerated former death row prisoners.  They were the "lucky" ones.  It is estimated that for every seven executions, one person has been exonerated - innocent of the crimes they are accused of.  Some of the men I work with came within hours of execution (state murder); most received no compensation once released.  And this should not surprise your readers - one of our exonerees had prison guards who later became (in)famous as guards and torturers at Abu Ghraib.  So this is a domestic injustice that has international implications.  Our exonerees will go anywhere in the U.S. and the world to tell their stories.  They are unsung heroes in the fight against state-sanctioned violence in the world.  Read more about them here.