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Name: Michaela on Aug 29, 2009Comments: A very worthy causeFlag
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Name: Linda Taylor on Aug 29, 2009Comments: This is a worth while cause , I support it 100%Flag
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Name: Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Timothy Swain on Aug 29, 2009Comments: we all need to join together and let our views be heardFlag
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Name: Daniel Brookes on Aug 29, 2009Comments: Fighting for the rights of the wronged.Flag
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Name: Hilda Koppenburg on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Perrier on Aug 29, 2009Comments: no comment,please stop death,Flag
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Name: Luke Haydn Charles on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Sarah Lovett on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Ron Keine on Aug 29, 2009Comments: At speaking events, I frequently get appeals from concerned people who have loved ones on Death Row. Some of them have driven hundreds of miles to give me give me volumes of copies of the paperwork from the case. They cry and implore me to help free their innocent death row denizen. Some of these people pull my heart out with their stories. I wish I could do more but all I can do is connect them with a anti-death-penalty group in the state in which they live or in which the inmate is incarcerated. In each of these cases I invariably find that there are already lawyers and local anti Death Penalty people working on the case . It is sad to see these people, in there desperation, looking for help. They hope that maybe a minister, death row exonoree, social worker or activist can find some magic way to accomplish what the lawyers and others cannot. Some are still in shock with the sudden realization that the United States justice system is flawed or corrupt. They now understand that their loved one will not be released because of a just system, but in spite of a unjust one, and it is going to take a lot of work. Some of these victims do not yet know the struggle that awaits them. How do we tell them that they will have to mortgage their homes, sell everything they have, and begin an indefinite struggle ( the average is 11 years) , dedicating all their free time to this Quest of exoneration and freedom. I used to lay awake at night tossing and turning, trying to think of a way to help these teary eyed mothers, fathers, wives , girlfriends and relatives . I had to realize that I cannot do much more than make sure that they get in contact with the proper people to help them. I steer them in the right direction, check on them once in while for a follow up and then go on in my life speaking out and writing against the death penalty. It is what I do to do my part. I cannot be a lawyer, social worker minister, counselor, psychologist, or a shoulder to cry on. We have some wonderful people in our groups who can do these jobs, and we must let them do what they do. We must each do our part and try not to punish ourselves by feeling guilty about not doing more. We do what we are qualified to do. That is our part. No one is going to single handed abolish the death penalty, but collectively we can and will. I realized a long time ago that I cannot carry the sorrows of all these people and still keep my sanity. At current count there are over three thousand people on the Row. Statistics have it that one out of ten will be murdered by the state. For every eight executions there will be one exonoration of an innocent man. Although no one can say for sure how many, some of the executed will be innocent. We know these things to be true. All we can really do is to do our job with the same devotion and diligence we have always demonstrated.Flag
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Name: Elaine Tyler on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Marta Y on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Sabine Wuebben on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Mike Baldwin on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Vicki on Aug 29, 2009Comments: GOD BLESS and my prayers are with these inmates and their families.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Aug 29, 2009Comments: We must put an end to the dealth penalty in this country! PERIOD!Flag
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Name: Crystal Wilson on Aug 29, 2009Comments: I would love to be able to simpy hold hands with Randy. I would love to get phones on death row like general population. Death row has a time limit on life, which means we NEED that time. We need to hear their voices while we can. We cannot even touch the inmate on their last days. The day of execution is still through a glass. What would it hurt to let us hug our loved ones goodbye What would it hurt to get 120 minutes a month of phone calls like general population Privledges promote good behavior. Human contact promotes good behavior and it can be used as punishment if they misbehave. Telephones generate money which benefits the state. Please consider makign some much needed changes for death row inmates.Flag
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Name: Babette Swartz on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Marilis Azzopardi on Aug 29, 2009Comments: Change is needed and soon! In 2009 in a civilised society such as USA the Death Penalty has no place!! Nor is the cruel punishment of no contact with family and loved ones.Flag
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Name: Maria Teresa Osta on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Tracy Braswell on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Tanya on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: SJ Andrew on Aug 29, 2009Comments: I completely support this cause.Flag
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Name: Rebecca McFarland on Aug 29, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Jan Norman on Aug 29, 2009Comments: Wishing you much success in your endeavors.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Aug 30, 2009Comments: Their punishment is death. They are to lose their lives. The denial of a whole range of basic human rights should not be included in the punishment.Flag
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Name: Yoke on Aug 30, 2009Comments: ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY !!!!!Flag
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Name: Loreen Partlow on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: C. Kraaij on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Claire Taylor-jones on Aug 30, 2009Comments: ABOLISH THIS DRACONIAN PRATICE !!!Flag
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Name: Rachael Ford on Aug 30, 2009Comments: As the wife of a man facing the barbarity of this system of "justice", and as the family member of a victim of murder I join in calling for an end to the endless cycle of violence.Flag
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Name: Debra Sams on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Emma on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Tracey on Aug 30, 2009Comments: I would like to say this is appalling that you have to set this petition up and will the government listen Do people realise the abuse that goes on with these men I am going to be at the protest and I make this promise because people need to make a stand. STOP THE ABUSE ON DEATH ROW Allow calls. Contact visits 3 meals a day. Help these guys before they kill another man, STOP this now.Flag
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Name: Michelle Gross on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Karen Montgomery on Aug 30, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Sinje Moll - Lebens on Aug 31, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Ulrich Zwick on Aug 31, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Storey on Aug 31, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Aug 31, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Moni Hines on Sep 1, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Dominique Imbeau on Sep 1, 2009Comments: This is a shame to use death Penalty ...an eye for an eye is selfish and wrong !!!Flag
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Name: Chas on Sep 1, 2009Comments: I would urge each and everyone who signs this to forward it along to all their friends as this is such an important petition. We all need to make a stand for these unfortunate men and women. These murders need to stop. I too have a husband on DR and has a date for his execution please help stop this barbaric act. America lives in the dark ages.Flag
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Name: Tabitha Eaglen on Sep 2, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Elly Maranos on Sep 2, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Diane Morretti on Sep 6, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Claire Smith on Sep 7, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Stefanie Collins on Sep 7, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 12, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: JS - England on Sep 12, 2009Comments:Flag