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Death Row Speaks Mission Statement
Death Row Speaks is an advocate web site in opposition to the Death Penalty. As a mission, the organizers wish to increase awareness of the death penalty and directly related issues; to win additional support of our position; and to encourage activism on the part of our visitors. The property of this organization is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes, and no part of the net income or assets shall be inured for the benefit of any director, officer, or member of said organization. Death Row Speaks plans to achieve its stated objectives in the following strategic manner: - by displaying the humanity of Death Row inmates through their writings, works of art and the system that contains them- by posting death penalty-related news stories, opinions, and factual data in a central repository of Death Penalty information - by promoting fellow advocate voices on the pages of the Death Row Speaks web site - by encouraging activism through Death Row Speaks and Death Row Speaks-supported campaigns that promote moratorium and/or abolition of the death penalty - by posting the views of site visitors as they apply to the above-stated mission Capital punishment serves only one purpose--revenge. The use of the death penalty has never been shown to serve as a deterrent to crime. We advocate a punishment of Life Without Parole as a more just punishment for those convicted of murder. The number of innocent people released from death rows in the past few years is a clear indication of why the irreversible punishment of death must be abolished. The Death Row Speaks team.
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