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Web References
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1. Press Release - English-speaking Caribbean: The Death Penalty -- A Colonial Legacy that Must Be Abandoned
www.amnestyusa.org/news/2002/a - [Cached]Published on: 11/26/2002 Last Visited: 8/14/2003
The report will be presented in Kingston, Jamaica, by a panel including Amnesty International delegates, anti-death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean, former death row inmate Delbert Tibbs, and Pat Clark, a leading member of US group Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation.
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I hope Caribbean societies will reexamine their support for capital punishment," Pat Clark added.
"Many political leaders in the Caribbean opposed the death penalty before their election, and some of them still do in private, while advocating it in public," Amnesty International noted, referring to recent statements by Jamaica's Attorney General that he does not believe in judicial killing.
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Pat Clark, whose cousin and uncle were murder victims, is a leading member of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (www.mvfr.org), a group composed of people who have lost loved ones to murder. The group campaigns against the death penalty under the banner "Not in our name". -
2. Press Release - English-speaking Caribbean: The Death Penalty -- A Colonial Legacy that Must Be Abandoned
www.amnesty-usa.org/news/2002/ - [Cached]Published on: 11/14/2001 Last Visited: 8/10/2002
The report will be presented in Kingston, Jamaica, by a panel including Amnesty International delegates, anti-death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean, former death row inmate Delbert Tibbs, and Pat Clark, a leading member of US group Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation.
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I hope Caribbean societies will reexamine their support for capital punishment," Pat Clark added.
"Many political leaders in the Caribbean opposed the death penalty before their election, and some of them still do in private, while advocating it in public," Amnesty International noted, referring to recent statements by Jamaica's Attorney General that he does not believe in judicial killing.
"The time has come for these leaders to show human rights leadership and commit their governments to ending the death penalty. It is time to stop playing judicial politics with peoples' lives," the organization continued, adding that it is looking forward to a frank, open and respectful debate on the use of the death penalty with the governments of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, which have agreed to meet with the Amnesty International delegation.
Background
Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking, is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and a leading figure in the fight against the death penalty in the USA.
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Pat Clark, whose cousin and uncle were murder victims, is a leading member of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (www.mvfr.org), a group composed of people who have lost loved ones to murder. The group campaigns against the death penalty under the banner "Not in our name".
State killing in the English speaking Caribbean: a legacy of colonial times
Source: Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom
Contact your nearest Amnesty International office for more information © Copyright 2002 -
3. Press Release - English-speaking Caribbean: The Death Penalty -- A Colonial Legacy that Must Be Abandoned
www.aiusa.org/news/2002/amr042 - [Cached]Published on: 8/13/2001 Last Visited: 5/18/2002
The report will be presented in Kingston, Jamaica, by a panel including Amnesty International delegates, anti-death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean, former death row inmate Delbert Tibbs, and Pat Clark, a leading member of US group Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation.
...
I hope Caribbean societies will reexamine their support for capital punishment," Pat Clark added.
"Many political leaders in the Caribbean opposed the death penalty before their election, and some of them still do in private, while advocating it in public," Amnesty International noted, referring to recent statements by Jamaica's Attorney General that he does not believe in judicial killing.
"The time has come for these leaders to show human rights leadership and commit their governments to ending the death penalty. It is time to stop playing judicial politics with peoples' lives," the organization continued, adding that it is looking forward to a frank, open and respectful debate on the use of the death penalty with the governments of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, which have agreed to meet with the Amnesty International delegation.
Background
Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking, is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and a leading figure in the fight against the death penalty in the USA.
...
Pat Clark, whose cousin and uncle were murder victims, is a leading member of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (www.mvfr.org), a group composed of people who have lost loved ones to murder. The group campaigns against the death penalty under the banner "Not in our name".
State killing in the English speaking Caribbean: a legacy of colonial times
Source: Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom
Contact your nearest Amnesty International office for more information © Copyright 2002

