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News Story concerning Promptness Subcommittee

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Last Thursday, the Promptness subcommittee of the Tennessee Study Committee on the Administration of the Death Penalty met for several hours with some compelling testimony and discussion.One topic concerned the creation of an independent coordinator for services available to surviving victims' families of first degree murder. This idea was raised by Committee member, Charlie Strobel, who himself experienced the horrible murder of his mother, Mary Catherine Strobel, in Nashville in 1986. As a representative of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, Charlie is looking for ways to help surviving families navigate the justice system following a murder with an independent advocate who is employed by neither the DA's nor the defense. Currently, most victims' advocates in Tennessee are located in the office of the District Attorneys...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on August 04, 2008 (boomark / email).