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Contact: Karen Dwyer, 239-594-5754
or dwyerj1@comcast.net
Naples residents participate in World Day Against the Death Penalty
Standing up against the culture of violence and asking our nation to adopt alternatives to the death penalty
Anti-death penalty groups around the world are organizing for Friday, October 10, in celebration of the World Day Against the Death Penalty. For a list of events scheduled across five continents, as well as background information, see http://www.worldcoalition.org/bcoaljm11.html
Pax Christi Naples, a local branch of the Catholic peace movement, invites residents to join them in a vigil at 4:30-6:00 pm in front of the Collier government center, October 10, World Day Against the Death Penalty.
“The United States is a world leader—in executions. And Florida executes more people and has more prisoners on death row than any other state except Texas,” says Karen Dwyer, head of Pax Christi Naples. “We’re inviting everyone to stand with us in a public witness for peace that affirms the sacredness of human life and rejects capital punishment as both cruel and unnecessary.”
The group plans to hold signs and candles, forming a human wall of opposition against the death penalty. Street theater, props, and music are welcome. Sign slogans include:
When the State Kills . . . You Kill
In Florida, Each Execution Costs $3.2 Million, compared to $1/2 Million for Life Imprisonment
Devil’s Arithmetic: Execution Cost Six Times More than Life Imprisonment
The U.S. Leads the World—in Execution of Juvenile Offenders and the Mentally Ill
Florida Can’t Afford the Death Penalty, Save $51 Million Annually
Death Penalty Claims Innocent Lives: since 1973 Over 110 Exonerated
We kill people who kill people to prove killing people is wrong?
Death Penalty is No More Effective a Deterrent than Life Imprisonment
Catholics for Convicts: “Abolish the Death Penalty,” pleads Pope John Paul II
Florida Leads the Nation—in the Number of Innocent People Released from Death Row
Governments all over the World are Eliminating the Death Penalty —Why Not the U.S.?
We pardoned Nixon, for God’s sake!
Serbia Abolished the Death Penalty — Why Not the U.S.?
We Cannot Defend Life by Taking Life
Life Imprisonment for Capital Cases
Do we need the Death Penalty when Alternatives Exist?
The Death Penalty — Abolish It!
Execution is Not the Solution
“Its worth emphasizing,” says Karen Dwyer, “that we have the deepest sympathy for the victims of violent crime and their families. However, the death penalty only serves to create more victims and perpetuates a cycle of violence. If we truly believe that killing is wrong, we must abolish the death penalty.”
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