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Death Penalty Press
We have a great opportunity to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska, and establish the penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Please take this opportunity to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper or other media contact.
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Subject: Now is the Time to Abolish the Death Penalty
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
As a citizen of the great state of Nebraska, I am writing to urge my fellow Nebraskans to contact their state Senators to support LB 1063, which would abolish the death penalty and establish life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A majority of Nebraskans polled in 2007 support this legislation.
Life in prison adequately protects society and is less expensive to enforce than is the death penalty.
Many people who have been sentenced to death were later found to be innocent by DNA evidence.
The recent Nebraska Supreme Court ruling leaves the state's ability to carry out death sentences in doubt.
Now is the time to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
February 13, 2008
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A majority of Nebraskans polled in 2007 supported abolishing the death penalty if it is replaced by life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Life in prison without the possibility of parole adequately protects society and is less expensive to enforce than is the death penalty.
Many people who have been sentenced to death were later exonerated by DNA evidence.
The recent Nebraska Supreme Court ruling leaves the state's ability to carry out death sentences in doubt.
The ELCA's Social Statement on the Death Penalty offers sound theological, ethical and moral reasons to oppose the death penalty. The Social Statement reminds us that, as a community of faith, our primary concern when violence rocks a community is to work at reconciling the community as much as possible. The death penalty does nothing to work toward reconciliation.
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