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Spring Conference at ASU
Memorial Union
April 17th, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
The Arizona Death Penalty Forum would love to see you at this conference.
Speakers will include:
* Juan Melendez, an innocent man, condemned to die
* Pat Tyrell, a family member of a murder victim
* Paul Charleton, former US Attorney
* Panel on lethal injections
* and more
For more information contact us at azdeathp@azdeathpenaly.org
Last Event
A very exciting and upbeat evening with Viki Elke in Phoenix, September 11th, 2009.
Check back for updates.
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The Arizona Death Penalty Forum (AzDPF) is a collection of Arizona activists, educators, legal professionals, policy makers, civic/religious leaders, and concerned Arizonans who are united in discourse and civic engagement pursuing the balancing of ethics with justice by calling for an immediate end to Capital Punishment in Arizona.
We recognize that the United States is alone among Western nations in its continued use of Executions, government sanctioned killings. AzDPF seeks to return the United States to the standards of civilized nations and human rights by eliminating the barbaric practice of executions.
We are committed to educating Arizonans about capital punishment because we are confident that when the facts are known, and the issues thoroughly aired, Arizonans do not want the State to kill in our name. It is in the best interest of Arizonans to assure Justice is executed, not people.
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The Marquis de Lafayette, speaking to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1830, years after witnessing the excesses of the French Revolution, said, “I shall ask for the abolition of the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.”
Illustration by Terri Groat-Ellner
Fact: the death certificate of an executed person lists the cause of death as homicide".