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By Voice staff
Advocates from around the country who are working to
end the death penalty will gather at a national conference, Jan. 17 –
20, at the Holiday Inn in San Jose.
Co-sponsored by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and
San Francisco-based Death Penalty Focus, the conference will give grass-roots
activists practical information on how to work to abolish capital punishment.
Specialized legal training for attorneys will be held Jan. 18 and 19.
Speakers include Lawrence C. Marshall of Stanford Law School and Rick
Johnson of Lake Research Partners, who will address the theme, “Reaching
for the Dream: Where Are We Now?” Ellen Kreitzberg of Santa Clara
University’s School of Law will participate in a session on “Lethal
Injunction: How to Maximize the Debate.”
The U.S. Catholic bishops have voiced the Church’s opposition to
the death penalty for over a quarter of a century. In 2005 they launched
a campaign to help Catholics take on this challenge. The Catechism of
the Catholic Church states that capital punishment cannot be justified
when the state has other means of protecting society from criminals.
Registration fees range from $100 for high school, college or graduate
students and $200 for general attendance. The fee for the legal conference
is $350. Single-day registration is $35 for students and $110 for general
attendance.
Visit the website at www.ncadp.org to register or for additional information.
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