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Coalition calls for execution moratorium

By BRENNAN DAVIDWednesday, January 6, 2010A local grass-roots organization wants Columbia residents to know its call for a death penalty study and moratorium will continue this session of the Missouri General Assembly.Missourians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty rolled out its campaign today at the start of the 2010 legislative session with a news conference at First Baptist Church, 1112 E. Broadway. Organizers said more than 100 Columbia-area businesses, houses of worship and organizations have endorsed resolutions calling for a state study of the death penalty with a moratorium on executions while the study takes place.Supporting the campaign are 23 houses of worship, 52 businesses and 28 groups and organizations.?This signals and shows the legislature that the general public supports this type of policy,? said Jeff Stack, convener of Columbia?s chapter...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).