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Be sure Nebraska lawmakers get your ‘Thank You’ note!

Don’t miss your chance to send a “Thank You” note to the Nebraska lawmakers who voted to end the death penalty. We’re teaming up with our longtime partners atNebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to deliver your appreciation to all 30 Nebraska Senators who voted to override the Governor’s veto and end the death… Continue reading Be sure Nebraska lawmakers get your ‘Thank You’ note!

EJUSA rallies for homicide survivors in Washington, DC

EJUSA executive director Shari Silberstein was in Washington, DC last weekend for the Mothers in Charge Standing For Peace and Justice National Rally. Mothers in Charge, a national organization of mothers and other families who have lost loved ones to homicide, held the rally to draw attention to the trauma and needs of families left… Continue reading EJUSA rallies for homicide survivors in Washington, DC

It was the most profound thing I will ever do

Delegate Sandy Rosenberg and EJUSA Executive Director Shari Silberstein, shortly after the Maryland legislature passed death penalty repeal

By Maryland State Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, with Tom Waldron Repealing the death penalty in Maryland was an arduous task that took many years – with many ups and downs. It culminated in 2013, when the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 276, Death Penalty Repeal – Substitution of Life Without the Possibility of Parole, with the crucial… Continue reading It was the most profound thing I will ever do

Thank the Nebraska Senators who ended the death penalty

It is vital that lawmakers hear from the people afterthey deliver, not just before a vote when we ask for their support. Last week, 30 Senators in Nebraska declared the death penalty is ineffective, costly, unfair, harmful for victims’ families, and risks dangerous mistakes. They made Nebraska the 19th state – and the first “red”… Continue reading Thank the Nebraska Senators who ended the death penalty

Remembering a devoted supporter in Nebraska

Norma Fleisher’s is also a conversion story. She supported the death penalty until 1999, when she ministered to prisoners on Tennessee’s death row. On her return to Nebraska, she became one of the hardest working supporters of repeal, driving more than 4,000 miles through every Nebraska county to talk about the death penalty to anyone… Continue reading Remembering a devoted supporter in Nebraska

Nebraska Senators and their death penalty conversions

We’ve learned a lot about the death penalty in the last 35 years. Many people, however, still don’t know just how broken the policy is. This January, 17 freshmen lawmakers embarked on their first legislative session in Nebraska. Some of them had only thought about the death penalty from a philosophical or emotional standpoint, never… Continue reading Nebraska Senators and their death penalty conversions

EJUSA’s statements on death penalty repeal in Nebraska

Nebraska’s death penalty repeal sets a trend for the nation Statement by Shari Silberstein, Executive Director of Equal Justice USA: “Nebraska’s vote marks the end of the death penalty in the United States. Americans have been moving away from executions for more than ten years, but now we have a red state turning that trend… Continue reading EJUSA’s statements on death penalty repeal in Nebraska

Nebraska’s death penalty repeal sets a trend for the nation

Statement by Shari Silberstein, Executive Director of Equal Justice USA: “Nebraska’s vote marks the end of the death penalty in the United States. Americans have been moving away from executions for more than ten years, but now we have a red state turning that trend into law for the first time in 40 years. Nebraska… Continue reading Nebraska’s death penalty repeal sets a trend for the nation