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Write-a-Thon Final Tally

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you're not wearing green, I hope you get pinched.My favorite holiday, International Death Penalty Abolition Day, has passed. This year's commemoration of the day that Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1847 on March 1st was a special one. 2008 was the 6th year that TCASK volunteers from across the state wrote letters to their elected officials in organized write-a-thons. Write-a-thons happened in Memphis, Nashville (3 of them), Sewanee, and Knoxville. After the last count, there have been over 250 letters sent to members of the Tennessee legislature. 250 is the largest amount ever sent by a coordinated effort in Tennessee. So, if you participated in the 2008 International Death Penalty Abolition Day Write-a-Thon in Tennessee, you were part of record setting effort...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on March 17, 2008 (boomark / email).