  Starvin' for Justice 2006From June 29th to July 2nd, 2006, several South Carolinians, including two Charleston Peace members, attended the 13th Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.For four years and four days there was no death penalty in this country. On June 29th, 1972 in Furman v. Georgia the US Supreme Court decided that the death penalty was applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner. On June 2, 1976, in Gregg v. Georgia, the court upheld new state death penalty laws. For the past 13 years activists from throughout the United States have come together in front of the Supreme Court for four days for the Fast and Vigil to witness against the death penalty, to share stories and successes and to educate the public. Again this year many murder victim family members and exonerated death row inmates spoke movingly against state sponsored killing, and gifted organizers like Abolitionist of the Year Shari Silverstein shared their strategies. The music of Emma's Revolution made us forget how hungry we were, and Scott Langley's photographs reminded us what we are fighting for - and what we are fighting against. (There are plans to bring Scott's photos to Charleston in early September, in connection with a teach-in about the death penalty. If you can help with the logistics, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )  For more information on the death penalty and on the Fast and Vigil, check these websites: Abolitionist Action Committee http://www.abolition.org/ Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty http://www.cuadp.org/  |
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